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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Irrigation farming
ISBN : CORNELL:31924089471548
Author : L. S. Pereira,R. A. Feddes,J. R. Gilley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401587019
Author : Iván Francisco García-Tejero,Víctor Hugo Durán-Zuazo,José Luis Muriel-Fernández,Carmen Rocío Rodríguez-Pleguezuelo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400720916
Irrigated agriculture, a vital component of general agriculture, supplies fruits, vegetables, and cereals consumed by humans and grains fed to animals. Consequently, agriculture is the largest user of fresh water globally, and irrigation practices in many parts of the world are biologically, economically, and socially unsustainable. Water management should balance the need for agricultural water and the need for a sustainable environment. Water-use efficiency is the prime challenge in worldwide farming practices where problems of water shortages are widespread. Currently, agriculture is undergoing significant changes in innovative irrigation, fertilizer technology, and agronomic expertise. These elements constitute a vital platform for sustainable agricultural success and for preventing environmental damage. This review presents several processes linked to environmental irrigation, balancing environmental protection with improved agricultural production.
Author : Daniel Hillel
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 082134773X
Irrigation has long played a key role in feeding expanding populations and is expected to play a still greater role in the future. However, is it sustainable? Can it remain in existence and function continuously and indefinitely? Some pessimists doubt that it is. This volume presents a more positive approach with carefully conditional optimism. It takes the diffuse, voluminous and disparate facts and combines them in a unified exposition. It merges physico-chemical, agronomic, environmental and economic principles into practical recommendations to help ensure the long-term viability and productivity of irrigated agriculture in arid and semiarid regions.
Author : Henning Bjornlund
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845644062
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Author : Mark Svendsen
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This short paper attempts to bring some focus to the discussion, particularly as it concerns irrigated agriculture, by suggesting some central features which characterize the notion of "sustainability" and by suggesting several dimensions which help to define it. In the particular three broad categories are suggested or discussion.
Author : Giulio Lorenzini,C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845640439
Fresh water is becoming an ever increasingly precious commodity, control of which could lead in the near future to the type of political instability now associated with energy shortages. This book addresses the different aspects of irrigation, including not only the management of water resources and scientific and technical aspects, but also matters related to policy and economics, researchers in academia and industry as well as professional practitioners and policy makers. Bringing together papers from the First International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, the book covers topics such as: Irrigation Controls; Irrigation Modelling; Irrigation Systems and Planning; Irrigation Management.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264163225
This Athens Workshop helped to illustrate what needs to be done to manage water sustainably in agriculture, in particular through reviewing the experiences in OECD countries.
Author : D. J. Bandaragoda
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 9789290901631
Introduction; Institutions, policy and research; Research and policy on irrigation: the case of Pakistan; Discussion: linking research with policy; Conclusion.
Author : C. A. Brebbia,A. M. Marinov,Henning Bjornlund
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845644468
Fresh water is becoming an increasingly precious commodity. In the near future, control of it could lead to the type of political instability that is now associated with energy shortages. This book addresses the different aspects of irrigation, including not only the management of water resources and scientific and technical aspects, but also matters related to policy and economics. The objective of the Conference Series is to provide a venue for an international presentation and dissemination of papers related to sustainable ways of conducting irrigation. Sustainable irrigation has three key aspects, i.e. i) developing ways of using scarce water resources most efficiently to maximize food production while minimizing the environmental impact of irrigation activities on the affected land and water resources; ii) ensuring that the extraction of water from surface and groundwater sources is set at sustainable levels to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems to secure a continued supply of quality water for irrigation, recreation and urban/industrial uses; iii) facilitate an equitable distribution of the water available for consumption between competing users, which is essential to maintain sustainable communities. Attracting researchers in academia and industry, as well as professional practitioners and policy makers, the Third International Conference provides a platform for a review of the state of the art from the scientific, technological, political and economic points of view. Papers from the Meeting are published in this volume, and cover the following topics: Irrigation Management; Modelling and Simulation; Sustainable Irrigation - Farmers' Actions, Environmental Benefits and Socio-economic Consequences.
Author : Daniel Hillel
Publisher : World Bank Group
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1280087005
Annotation Irrigation has long played a key role in feeding expanding populations and is expected to play a still greater role in the future. However, is it sustainable? Can it remain in existence and function continuously and indefinitely? Some pessimists doubt that it is. This volume presents a more positive approach with carefully conditional optimism. It takes the diffuse, voluminous and disparate facts and combines them in a unified exposition. It merges physico-chemical, agronomic, environmental and economic principles into practical recommendations to help ensure the long-term viability and productivity of irrigated agriculture in arid and semiarid regions.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264083578
This report calls on policy makers to recognise the issues at stake in water resource management in agriculture and gives them the tools to do so, offering a wealth of information on recent trends and the outlook for water resource use in agriculture.
Author : Nhamo, L.,Mpandeli, S.,Liphadzi, S.,Hlophe-Ginindza, S.,Kapari, M.,Molwantwa, J.,Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Water scarcity has become one of the greatest challenges facing humankind today. Its scarcity is compounded by climate change and increasing demand from a growing population. In South Africa, over 60% of the available freshwater resources are used in agriculture, mainly in irrigated agriculture. There is an urgent need to promote sustainable irrigation technologies that optimize food production without increasing water applied and with positive environmental spinoffs. Sustainable irrigation technologies and practices could enhance water use efficiency (WUE) and productivity in agriculture and reduce environmental burdens, including energy use. This chapter highlights some of the innovative irrigation practices and technologies that enhance food production and, at the same time, reduce water use in agriculture. The chapter broadly discusses WUE and water productivity (WP) in irrigated agriculture from engineering and agronomic perspectives. The chapter further highlights some of the environmental impacts of irrigation expansion and the possible solutions. We further provide the importance of accurate spatial information on irrigated areas to inform policy on irrigation expansion. The Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa has been spearheading research on the sustainable use of water for the past 50 years as part of its research agenda. In Ting, D. S.-K.; O’Brien, P. G. (Eds.). Progress in sustainable development: sustainable engineering practices. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier
Author : Koichi Fujita,Tsukasa Mizushima
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000177435
This book explores and interrogates the food–water–energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India’s economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture. Part 1 focuses on the historical development of agriculture and social change in India, with special reference to the mode of responses and adaptations in social systems against the inherent low and erratic rainfall and resulting water stress in India during the pre-colonial period. Additionally, it investigates how colonial development destroyed social systems and discusses future development prospects. Part 2 discusses contemporary issues of agriculture and social change in India. A comprehensive examination of various important issues related to South Asian agricultural development in the past and in the present, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers of Asian development, sustainable development, environmental policy, South Asian Studies and Development Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Author : Y. Villacampa Esteve,C. A. Brebbia,D. Prats Rico
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845641160
This book contains most of the papers presented at the Second International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, held at the University of Alicante in 2008. The meeting follows the success of the first Conference which was organised in Bologna in 2006.
