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01.12.1995 Mountain agriculture has attracted attention both for its complex adaptation to particular circumstances, and for its marginality and instability in a changing world. Irrigation plays a range of roles in mountain farming systems and their dynamics or change. Hill Irrigation examines the...
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This booklet was developed as a training aid for use in irrigation workshops conducted for small farmers and technicians in the Peruvian highlands through USAID. Much of the agriculture there takes place on stepp slopes, shallow soils and small farm plots. Irrigation extension personnel found the...
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Modern Irrigation Technologies reviews the experience of small holders with irrigation technologies under a range of diverse conditions in many different countries. Some people argue that modern irrigation technologies are the key to increased food production. However, projects introducing modern...
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01.01.2019 Agriculture is certainly the most important food supplier while it globally accounts for more than 70% of water used and contributes significantly to water pollution. Irrigated agriculture is facing rising competition worldwide for access to reliable, low cost, and high-quality water resources....
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01.01.1987 Bewegliche Erde für Bewässerung und Straße-Gebäude ist zu guter Landwirtschaft wichtig. Vorsichtig Vorbereitung von Land für Bewässerung und gute Wasser-Verwendung bewahrt Wasser, arbeiten Sie, und beschmutzen Sie, und verbessert Ernte-Erträge. Verbesserte Straßen machen Kommunikation dazwischen...
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19.04.1996 Experiences from the Andes and the Himalayas combined Lameo - Boliva soil conservation Irrigation through reservoirs in Bolivia Burning in hillsides farming in Colombia Diversity in mountain agriculture in northern India Indigenous knowledge re-valued Livestock and soil fertility
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The major conclusions of the study were that the state tended to administer rather than manage irrigation schemes. In contrast farmers in all the schemeseasily engaged with operational aspects of irrigation management. Farmers, however, had their shortcomings particularly, in relation to...
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Report of the Expert Consultation of the Asian Network on Water Lifting Devices for Irrigation, Bangkok, Thailand 27 Sept. - 1 Oct. 1993 The Expert Consultaion of Asian Network on Water Lifting Devices for Irrigation concluded that in the Asia-Pacific region, "Strategy on investment for irriation...
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19.07.1998 Challenging water scarcity Irrigation development - Peru The challenge of organising catchment councils Saurasbtra's water insurer Water resource management Improved irrigation efficiencies in Tunisian oases Bridging gaps in water and labour supply Transferred technology in a basket of options...
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01.01.2006 Proceedings of a MoARD / MoWR / USAID / IWMI Symposium and Exhibition held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-9 March, 2006 The Program addresses key questions such as: what is the reason for limited technology access in terms of agricultural water management? Why promising technologies...