Productivity and Efficiency
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.
Productivity and Efficiency Resources
Improving Agricultural Production through Farm Water Management
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January 1, 1978U.S. Agency for International Development
This booklet describes the benefits of irrigation system improvement for on-farm management in Pakistan. The major technical procedures that were used in the study to accomplish the improvements have included watercourse rehabilitation, land leveling, better field water application methods and...Read more
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PakistanSouth East AsiaSome Aspects of Irrigation Technology in Afghanistan
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January 1, 1977U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Examines irrigation in Afghanistan and its effect in constraining increased national agricultural production. about 13 million acres, or two-thirds of the cultivable land, is irrigated, though much of it receives only supplemental water. includes a brief description of the irrigation problems in...Read more
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AfghanistanSouth East AsiaWatercourse Improvement in Pakistan; Pilot Study in Cooperation With Farmers At Tubewell 56L
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January 1, 1977U.S. Agency for International Development
Over half the water supplied to the watercourse at Tubewell 56L was lost before it reached the farmers' fields. This loss was primarily through the upper porous portions of the banks and in the vicinity of junctions where banks were thin. The 35 farmers in the 900-acre area served by this...Read more
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PakistanSouth East AsiaAppraisal of Technical Aspects of the Rambukkoya Irrigation Scheme - Sri Lanka
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November 1, 1976U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has conducted extensive field, laboratory and office investigations of an irrigation project, approved the project after preparing a feasibility study, and is now in the process of final design and economic analysis. These will be completed by the end of the year...Read more
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Sri LankaSouth East AsiaInstitutional Framework for Improved on - Farm Water Management in Pakistan
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January 1, 1976U.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
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PakistanSouth East AsiaProject Paper: Central Helmand Drainage and Irrigation Improvement
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February 1, 1975U.S. Agency for International Development
A project paper summarizing the drainage and irrigation improvement project in the Central Helmand of Afghanistan.Read more
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AfghanistanSouth East AsiaWater Runs Down Hill and Evaporates: Human Organization and the Management of Water Environments
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July 31, 1974U.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
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South East AsiaDesign of Irrigation Drop Structures
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March 1, 1974U.S. Agency for International Development
The object of the study described herein was to examine the performance of various drop structures and to attempt formulating a generalized design procedure. The approach channel and flow characteristics throughout the length of the drop structures were reviewed on the basis of open channel...Read more
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South East AsiaImproving Irrigation in India, the Neglected Opportunity
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December 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
Over the centuries sizable investments have been made in India to develop the irrigation potential and these investments have continued during the first quarter century of independence. In this present article two different programs are considered which attempt to improve the water use and...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaLand and Water Use Potentials: Tungabhadra Irrigation Project, Mysore, India
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October 1, 1972U.S. Agency for International Development
The study investigated land and water use potentials of the Tungabhadra Irrigation Project (TBP) located in one of the most sparsely settled and impoverished areas of Mysore State, India. Its objectives were to determine the most profitable crops that could be grown on the black soils in the TBP...Read more
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