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Author : Herbert G. Blank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Changing Face of Irrigation in Kenya written by Herbert G. Blank and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Minot
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Are Horticultural Exports a Replicable Success Story? written by Nicholas Minot and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2004 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aliasghar Montazar
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039219227
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)
Download or read book Agricultural Irrigation written by Aliasghar Montazar and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. However, irrigation as the major tool and determinant of affecting agricultural productivity and environmental resources plays a critical role in food security and environment sustainability. Innovative irrigation technologies and practices may enhance agricultural water efficiency and production, in the meantime decrease the water demand and quality issues. I am very pleased to invite you to submit manuscripts in agricultural irrigation which assess current challenges and offer improvement approaches and opportunities for future irrigation.
Author : A. Inocencio
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290905085
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Innovative approaches to agricultural water use for improving food security in Sub- Saharan Africa written by A. Inocencio and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2003 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides an overview of innovative options for developing and using water for food production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in light of the growing scarcity and competition for water resources. These options include rainwater harvesting, selective development of wetlands for agriculture, exploitation of shallow groundwater, and recycling urban waste. The options are largely based on low-cost individualized technologies, which lend themselves to private-sector promotion.Water-demand management approaches are also discussed.
Author : Herbert G. Blank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Changing Face of Irrigation in Kenya written by Herbert G. Blank and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cynthia Rosenzweig
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1786348772
Total Pages : 831 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)
Download or read book Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems - Climate Change And Farming System Planning In Africa And South Asia: Agmip Stakeholder-driven Research (In 2 Parts) written by Cynthia Rosenzweig and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-part handbook focuses on the work that the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) accomplished using a new method — the AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment Protocol — in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA), with funding from the UK Department for International Development. Through this research, AgMIP substantially improves the characterization and understanding of food security in SSA and SA and how its affected by climate variability and change.The chapters in this handbook demonstrate how AgMIP has enhanced the capacity of developing country researchers and stakeholders to work together, exploring and prioritizing adaptation to current and future climate stresses. Part 1 describes regional integrated assessment methods and analyses, while Part 2 presents the outcomes of farming system studies. The entire volume shows how AgMIP has established, as a public good, protocols for Regional Integrated Assessments that improve the capability of developing countries to address climate change challenges.Related Link(s)
Author : Andy Catley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415540712
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Pastoralism and Development in Africa written by Andy Catley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A view of 'development at the margins' in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa highlights innovation and entrepreneurialism, cooperation and networking and diverse approaches rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. Through twenty detailed empirical chapters, the book highlights diverse pathways of development, going beyond the standard 'aid' and 'disaster' narratives.
Author : Boelee, Eline, Madsen, H.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290906316
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Irrigation and schistosomiasis in Africa: Ecological aspects written by Boelee, Eline, Madsen, H. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2006 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his research report discusses ecological aspects of schistosomiasis transmission and options for its control in irrigated areas in Africa through environmental measures. Human schistosomiasis is endemic in 46 African countries.After being infected by larvae emerging from human excreta and urine deposited in the water, freshwater snails act as intermediate hosts.
Author : M. P. McCartney
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Minimizing the negative environmental and health impacts of agricultural water resources development in Sub-Saharan Africa. written by M. P. McCartney and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk management / Public health / Environmental effects / Investment / Irrigation management / Water resources development
Author : Makonnen Loulseged
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Impact of irrigation on poverty and environment in Ethiopia: draft proceedings of the symposium and exhibition, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27-29 November 2007 written by Makonnen Loulseged and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F. W. T. Penning de Vries
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290906189
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Bright spots demonstrate community successes in African agriculture written by F. W. T. Penning de Vries and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Conference on Successes in African Agriculture in the Greater Horn of Africa, held in Nairobi in November 2004, had three main sections: one on Regional Food Security, one on Commodity Successes and one on Community Successes. The summary document published by NEPAD provides a good overview of this Conference. This document presents four of the five papers presented in the Community Successes section, each enhanced after comments from participants and working group discussion sessions. It also presents an overall summary with lessons learned and a set of examples of Community Successes or Bright Spots.
Author : Eric Antwi Ofosu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466552824
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin written by Eric Antwi Ofosu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa has an irrigation potential of about 42 million hectares of which only 17% is developed. Despite several investments in irrigation the growth is slow. This study aims at helping to achieve sustainable irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa, through gaining a better understanding of productive irrigation water use and effective management of irrigation development. The study is conducted in the White Volta sub-basin specifically in Northern Ghana and Southern Burkina Faso which have been experiencing rapid irrigation development since the mid 1990s. The study identified growing markets for irrigated products as an important driving force behind the expansion of irrigation which has given rise to new technologies. The new technologies have spread because they gave farmers direct control over water sources. These new technologies allow relatively small farm sizes which can be adequately managed by the surveyed farmers. As a result high productivities are achieved. The hydrological impact of upscaling irrigation in the sub-basin is sustainable and will maximize the overall benefits derived from water resources in the Volta Basin.
Author : Arlene B. Inocencio
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290906588
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Costs and Performance of Irrigation Projects written by Arlene B. Inocencio and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High irrigation investment costs together with declining world prices for food and the failures of a number of high profile past irrigation projects are the main reasons for the reluctance of development agencies and governments in sub-Saharan Africa to invest more resources in irrigation. This study aims to systematically establish whether costs of irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa are truly high, determine the factors which influence costs and performance of irrigation projects, and recommend cost-reducing and performance-enhancing options to make irrigation investments in the region more attractive. It analyzes 314 irrigation projects implemented from 1967 to 2003 in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America funded by the World Bank, African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Author : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 929090657X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Best practices and technologies for small scale agricultural water management in Ethiopia. Proceedings of a MoARD / MoWR / USAID / IWMI Symposium and Exhibition held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-9 March, 2006. written by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy / Irrigation practices / Drip irrigation / Irrigation systems / Water harvesting / Irrigation management
Author : Van Koppen, Barbara
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290906154
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Reducing Poverty through Investments in Agricultural Water Management written by Van Koppen, Barbara and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall goal of the Collaborative Program on ‘Investments in Agricultural Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa’ is to contribute to broad-based sustainable poverty reduction and smallholder agricultural growth. The component on ‘Poverty considerations in investments in agricultural water management’ focuses in more detail on poverty and gender dimensions. It consists of two parts. The first part is thematic and elaborates poverty and gender issues emerging from the literature that complement the other components of the Collaborative Program. Part two is empirical. Acknowledging the lack of empirical data on poverty impacts of investments in agricultural water management, the Collaborative Program initiated case studies throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Eight case studies on ‘Agricultural Water Development for Poverty Reduction in Eastern and Southern Africa’, for which the field research was conducted in 2003/2004, were supported by IFAD (Peacock,2005). Further, the African Development Bank supported three case studies in West Africa in 2004, two by Kamara et al. (2004), and one by Babatunde Omilola (2005). Part two synthesizes the empirical findings of these case studies.
Author : Mati, Bancy Mbura
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290906219
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Overview of water and soil nutrient management under smallholder rain-fed agriculture in East Africa written by Mati, Bancy Mbura and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural extension / Agroforestry / Farmers’ associations / Non-governmental organizations / Fertilizers / Soil fertility / Water storage / Pitcher irrigation / Spate irrigation / Sugarcane / Bunds / Cropping systems / Ridging / Tillage / Terraces / Water harvesting / Water conservation / Soil conservation
Author : Manish Kumar
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 953510117X
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Problems, Perspectives and Challenges of Agricultural Water Management written by Manish Kumar and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food security emerged as an issue in the first decade of the 21st Century, questioning the sustainability of the human race, which is inevitably related directly to the agricultural water management that has multifaceted dimensions and requires interdisciplinary expertise in order to be dealt with. The purpose of this book is to bring together and integrate the subject matter that deals with the equity, profitability and irrigation water pricing; modelling, monitoring and assessment techniques; sustainable irrigation development and management, and strategies for irrigation water supply and conservation in a single text. The book is divided into four sections and is intended to be a comprehensive reference for students, professionals and researchers working on various aspects of agricultural water management. The book seeks its impact from the diverse nature of content revealing situations from different continents (Australia, USA, Asia, Europe and Africa). Various case studies have been discussed in the chapters to present a general scenario of the problem, perspective and challenges of irrigation water use.
