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

Irrigation Systems Management II (391-0467): Revised Plan of Work

Published: 
July 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
ISM-II is designed to improve operation of irrigation systems bysupporting development of the institutions responsible for system management, namely, the four Provincial Irrigation Departments (PIDs) and the Federal Coordination Cell. As in the initial Plan of Work, this revision will focus on the...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Project Planning and Implementation Workshop: Irrigation Improvement Program of the Irrigation Management Systems Project, Alexandria, Egypt, November 11-14, 1990

Published: 
February 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objectives of the HP component are to strengthen PWWR's institutional capacity; to develop a "rational" interdisciplinary approach for planning, designing and implementing the renovation of specific commands; to develop an Irrigation Advisory Service; to organize Water User...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Final Report: AWO Irrigation Project Environmental Assessment

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The major objective of this environmental assessment is to inquire whether there are any probable major negative impacts of this irrigation project on the environment. Conversely, this report also assesses possible negative impacts of the environment on the function and efficiency of the project...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

The Context of Small-Scale Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in Africa: A Case Study of Malawi

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study, supplemented by field surveys, summarizes available literature on aquaculture and the context of aquaculture in Malawi. It provides a national case study of one African context in which small-scale aquaculture has developed and in which integrated systems of agriculture-aquaculture...Read more
Regional focus: 
MalawiSub-Saharan Africa

Rain-fed Resources Development Project: Project Assistance Completion Report

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR for a project (9/82-9/91) to support community-based land and water management in upland forest, rain fed agricultural areas, and coastal zones in the Philippines. The project was divided into two cycles. Cycle I (1983-86) was mainly institution building for resource monitoring, policy...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Irrigated Agriculture and Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka: Vision for the Next Decade and Beyond

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to propose an overall vision, a set of broad guidelines, principles, and objectives, for the future direction of irrigated agriculture policy in Sri Lanka, with an emphasis on irrigation management. The main focus of the vision is on irrigation management, especially...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Institutional Framework for Management of Irrigation Systems and Building Farmers' Organizations

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the second of the ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of eight staff working papers on the issues related to this topic. The paper describes the institutional arrangements for irrigation management at the policy and field levels and in all...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Achieving High Performance: Strategies for Operation and Maintenance and Rehabilitation and Modernization of Irrigation Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the third of the ten policy papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to this topic, i.e., strategies for operation and maintenance (O&M) and rehabilitation and modernization (R&M). The purpose of this...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Modernizing the Irrigated Agriculture Sector: Transformations at the Macro-Institutional Level

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the fourth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on five Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. Many factors affect the productivity and profitability of irrigated agriculture, but it is generally agreed...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Achieving High Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture: A Program of Research and Development (R&D) for Technology Generation and Diffusion

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the fifth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. The overall goal of irrigated agricultural research must be the production of research results that can...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

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