1980-07-19 Developed by the Peace Corps workers in Sierra Leone, this is a manual and field guide to small-farm irrigated rice productions. 107 pages, illustrated
2000-01-01 This report begins with a review of the different treadle pumps currently in use in Africa and the information available on their technical performance, with a view to trying to answer the question - Which is the best treadle pump? This is followed by reports prepared by national experts on the...
This report describes what is meant by, and the principles involved in designing and operating, a correctly "structured" system. We have explained how, and described the circumstances in which, a well-planned supply-based system is capable of providing an irrigation service that for all practical...
2002-01-01 As implications of policy and action diferge significantly, according to the gendered nature of local farming, insight in to the latter should be systematically recognized as the bais for any intervention by irrigation agencies. The assumption that farm decision-making coincides with headship of...
2002-01-01 The present research shows that there are systematic poverty-related differences in functioning large-scale canal irrigation schemes in the water user associations in Andra Pradesh. ...
The mission of "Paddy and Water Environment" is twofold: to provide a better forum for scientists, engineers, planners, and related professionals to exchange their research experiences, outcomes, and problems; and to facilitate the dissemination of information in order to solve problems...
2002-01-01 This paper tries to shed light bydocumenting recent trends in irrigation investment in both public and private sectors; the public investments by the government in pursuance of the study by Aluwihare and Kikuchi, and the private investment by farmers, based on datacollected from an island-wide...
2002-04-01 The primary objective of the VIFOR irrigation component, which commenced in June 2000, was to support groups of farmers in Lilongwe West interested and willing to invest in irrigated dimba crop production using treadle pumps for increased incomes, improved household food security, and improved...