Irrigation Development in Africa, Moris, Jon R.

Автор: Suhardiman
Название: Bureaucracy And Development
ISBN: 9814459704 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814459709
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: The fall of the New Order government in 1998 and the political reform that followed posed substantial challenges for Indonesia’s bureaucracy to continue fulfilling its mandate. This book analyses the process of bureaucratic reform in the irrigation sector. Using irrigation Management Transfer policy as the entry point for analysis, it documents and analyses the irrigation bureaucracy’s ability to sustain its power and prominence in the sector’s development, amidst and against national and international pressures for reform.The book argues that bureaucratic reform in the irrigation sector rather than attempting to change the bureaucracy’s functioning in the image of national and global (good) governance perspectives and priorities, should instead focus on linking the irrigation bureaucracy’s everyday practice more effectively with farmers’ needs and aspirations. Reform efforts of the past decades show that Indonesia’s irrigation sector development cannot be redirected without the irrigation bureaucracy’s knowledge, experience and cooperation, and without strengthening its downward accountability to farmer-irrigators.

Название: Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 0415537738 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415537735
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: In this volume water harvesting is presented as a set of approaches which occupy the intermediate position on the water-management spectrum. It provides lessons to promote sustainable development in Sub-Sarahan Africa, where water is an irregular yet necessary commodity, and its availability a major constraint on agriculture.

Название: Management Strategies for Water Use Efficiency and Micro Irrigated Crops
ISBN: 1771887915 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771887915
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This valuable book, published in conjunction with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, is a must for those struggling to find ways to address the need to maintain crop production in the midst of water shortages. With chapters from hands-on experts in the field, the book will be an invaluable reference and guide to effective micro irrigation methods.

Название: Irrigation Subsector Guidance Note: Building Blocks for Sustainable Investment
ISBN: 9292577816 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789292577810
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: One irrigation subsector goal of ADB is to produce more food with less water. Estimates suggest that food production in the developing world must double by 2050. By that year, urban and industrial water demand will have increased from 20% of total regional demand to 40% (about 80% of that water demand is for irrigation). This publication helps define core support areas in the irrigation subsector and sets the course for country partnership strategy investments in irrigation for lending and nonlending assistance.

Название: Soil Moisture Mapping with a Portable Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor
ISBN: 920102018X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789201020185
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: An informational guide for soil moisture mapping at landscape level through a portable "backpack" cosmic-ray neutron sensor. This recently developed device monitors soil water content in a non-invasive way using background neutron counts. It is used to measure water content in the topsoil over wide areas.

Автор: Petre Kozel
Название: Irrigation & Drainage: Sustainable Strategies & Systems
ISBN: 1681174685 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681174686
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
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Описание: Irrigation is the method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. Gardeners use hoses and sprinklers to water flowerbeds, vegetable gardens and lawns. This is irrigation at its most basic. Large scale irrigation is where market gardeners, farmers, orchardists and grape growers apply water at critical times to assist plant growth and therefore produce quality crops. Irrigation and drainage is artificial application of water to land and artificial removal of excess water from land, respectively. The amount of water that is to be used for irrigation depends on the type of crop that is being farmed as well as the amount of rainfall in the region. There are some countries where water is used for irrigating land more than it is used for other purposes. In the US, about one-third of the water that is utilised each year is used for irrigation. Worldwide, it is more than half. Some land requires irrigation or drainage before it is possible to use it for any agricultural production; other land profits from either practice to increase production. Some land, of course, does not need either. The sustainability of irrigation and drainage in the face of many variants and constraints like availability of water as a resource, ecological balance, sociocultural impacts, and climate change effects lies in the strategies adopted and systems emplaced. It has always remained a challenge for the users of irrigation waters to maintain sustainability in quality and quantity. Irrigation and drainage improvements are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Often both may be required together to assure sustained, high-level production of crops. Irrigation and Drainage - Sustainable Strategies and Systems aims to discover frontiers of knowledge in coining sustainable approaches and structures directly needed in managing the quality and quantity of water obligatory for crop irrigation, surface and root zone drainage and flood management by available tools of research and development.

Автор: Newell Frederick Haynes
Название: Water Supply for Irrigation - Extract from the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Director 1891-1892
ISBN: 1528713346 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528713344
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Описание: This volume contains a treatise by Frederick Haynes Newell on the subject of American irrigation in the early 1890s, concentrating on water quality and distribution in arid areas. Frederick Haynes Newell (1862 - 1932) was the first Director of the United States Reclamation Service. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in hydrology, especially its developments in theory and methodology. Other notable works by this author include: "Oil Well Drilling" (1888), "Agriculture by Irrigation" (1894), and "Hydrography of the Arid Regions" (1891). Contents include: "Preceding Reports", "Area Irrigated", "Irrigable Area", "Size of Streams", "Relative Run-off", "Fluctuations of Rivers and Lakes", "Nonperiodic Oscillation", "Subsurface Waters", "Cost and Value of Water Supply", "Principal Drainage Basins", "Missouri River Basin", "Location and Area" etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Автор: Rucksthuhl Sandra
Название: Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle Ea
ISBN: 0755601076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780755601073
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity. One of the poorest countries in the world sits alongside two of the wealthiest, whilst the region's natural resources range from immeasurable oil and gas reserves to some of the scantiest natural endowments anywhere in the world. Yet through this diversity runs a common thread: water scarcity. Now, through the impact of human development and climate change, the water resource itself is changing, bringing new risks and increasing the vulnerability of all those dependent on water. Chris Ward and Sandra Ruckstuhl assess the increased challenges now facing the countries of the region, placing particular emphasis on water scarcity and the resultant risks to livelihoods, food security and the environment. They evaluate the risks and reality of climate change in the region, and offer an assessment of the vulnerability of agriculture and livelihoods. In a final section, they explore the options for responding to the new challenges, including policy, institutional, economic and technical measures.