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  1. Robert Kourik Water conservation is no longer the concern of just a few isolated, drought-stricken communities in the West. While water may not always be scarce, everywhere in the country, a supply of fresh, clean water is no longer a given. Drip Irrigationis the best book to explain how to water everything in...
    631.74 KOU | SB.032
  2. Aliasghar Montazar 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....
  3. V. T. Bunderson 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...
    627.52 HAY | TA.008
  4. 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...
    631.7 FAO
  5. Barbara van Koppen 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...
    333.913 IWM
  6. R.H. Qureshi et al This handbook is written for farmers, and agricultural extension officers in government and nongovernment organisations. Our aim is to provide a simple accessible account of saline agricultural practices for irrigated land in Pakistan.
    631.587 QUR
  7. Robert E. Tillman Presented in this paper are a synthesis of technical literature, field visitation and technical review.
    333.76 TIL
  8. This publication aims to describe the special requirements of soil survey for irrigation development, and assumes that the reader is familiar with basic soil science and soil survey techniques. It does not deal with other aspects of soil studies such as soil conservation or soil fertility...
    627.52 FAO
  9. Stewart Wuest The flux of vapor from soil to seed has been greatly underestimated and probably contributes most of the water imbibed by seed in soils below field capacity. Vapor may also play a greater role than previously thought in root water uptake, wetting fronts, and other cases of water movement in mixed...
    631.432 WUE
  10. Jean-Philippe Venot, et al Initially associated with hi-tech irrigated agriculture, drip irrigation is now being used by a much wider range of farmers in emerging and developing countries. This book documents the enthusiasm, spread and use of drip irrigation systems by smallholders but also some disappointments and...
    631.587 PHI