Agriculture

Globally, the agricultural sector consumes about 70% of the planet’s accessible freshwater. Because water is vital for the success of agriculture, proper water management techniques are necessary to meet food and fiber material demands around the world. Resources available here pay special attention to efficient irrigation and sustainable agriculture techniques.

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Agriculture Resources

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture, With Emphasis on Farm Water Management; Annual Technical Report, 1975/1976

Published: 
September 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
Professional courses including "Trickle Irrigation" and "irrigation Project Planning and Evaluation" were developed and taught to students from developing countries. The main objective is to increase competence in science and technology concerned with "on-farm management...Read more

Improving Capacity of Cid Universities for Water Management and Agriculture

Published: 
June 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The primary focus of this project was on delivery and removal of components of the water chain with emphasis on practices applicable to the small farmer and on drain systems.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Institutional Framework for Improved on - Farm Water Management in Pakistan

Published: 
January 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Sufficient data has been collected and analyzed to define some of the major irrigation water management problems in Pakistan, as well as the technologies that could be employed to correct many of these problems. Thus, there is a strong basis for undertaking a program of improved on-farm water...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Project Paper: Central Helmand Drainage and Irrigation Improvement

Published: 
February 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
A project paper summarizing the drainage and irrigation improvement project in the Central Helmand of Afghanistan.Read more
Regional focus: 
AfghanistanSouth East Asia

Water Constraints to Corn Production in Central Brazil

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The area around Brasilia, Brazil is representative of millions of hectares in the tropics with very acid soils of extremely low fertility. The unfavorable water supplying properties of these soils together with the occurrence of wet season dry periods and limitations to root growth due to aluminum...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Water Availability and Soil Suitability for Irrigation Water Impoundments in the Federal DistrICT of Brazil

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Agriculture on the Central Plateau of Brazil is poorly developed. The main reasons are the poor soil fertility and the high aluminum toxicity of the soils, restricting the rooting depth of many crops. Shallow rooting is responsible for the occurrence of serious soil-water stress conditions, even in...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Calibration and Application of the Jensen - Haise Evapotranspiration Equation

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
TO ESTIMATE THE CONSUMPTION USE OF VARIOUS CROPS USING CLIMATIC DATA, A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AFTER CALIBRATING THE JENSEN-HAISE EQUATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) DETERMINE MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE (T) FROM DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON AND...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Optimum Utilization of Water for Agriculture, With Emphasis on On-Farm Water Management; Annual Technical Report, 1974/1975

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The report details findings on optimum utilization of water for agriculture, finding evidence that in developing countries there is an urgent need for more food and better nutrition. Food production is closely linked to the water available for transpiration by the growing crop and the water...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Energy Inputs to Irrigation

Published: 
December 1, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
Energy inputs to irrigation are dramatically increasing as irrigated agriculture expands to meet world food demands and more sophisticated technologies are developed to increase water use efficiency. In this study nine irrigation systems, designed for a specific land area, are analyzed and the...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water Runs Down Hill and Evaporates: Human Organization and the Management of Water Environments

Published: 
July 31, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is concerned with such an approach to the institutional and organizational requirements of irrigated agriculture. To deal with this concern, several related topics will be discussed. First, a brief look at some historical attempts at irrigation development are presented. Next, a more...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

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