The Role of Research-supported Irrigation Policy in Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture
Title | The Role of Research-supported Irrigation Policy in Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | D. J. Bandaragoda |
Publisher | IWMI |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Agriculture and state |
ISBN | 9290901632 |
Introduction; Institutions, policy and research; Research and policy on irrigation: the case of Pakistan; Discussion: linking research with policy; Conclusion.
Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture
Title | Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Irrigation farming |
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Sustainability in Irrigated Agriculture
Title | Sustainability in Irrigated Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Svendsen |
Publisher | IWMI |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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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.
Advances in water research
Title | Advances in water research PDF eBook |
Author | Nhamo, L. |
Publisher | IWMI |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 2023-03-09 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
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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
Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture
Title | Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | L. S. Pereira |
Publisher | |
Pages | 650 |
Release | 2014-01-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789401587013 |
A New Era for Irrigation
Title | A New Era for Irrigation PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 1996-10-21 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0309175755 |
Irrigated agriculture has played a critical role in the economic and social development of the United Statesâ€"but it is also at the root of increasing controversy. How can irrigation best make the transition into an era of increasing water scarcity? In A New Era for Irrigation, experts draw important conclusions about whether irrigation can continue to be the nation's most significant water user, what role the federal government should play, and what the irrigation industry must do to adapt to the conditions of the future. A New Era for Irrigation provides data, examples, and insightful commentary on issues such as: Growing competition for water resources. Developments in technology and science. The role of federal subsidies for crops and water. Uncertainties related to American Indian water rights issues. Concern about environmental problems. And more. The committee identifies broad forces of change and reports on how public and private institutions, scientists and technology experts, and individual irrigators have responded. The report includes detailed case studies from the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest, California, and Florida, in both the agricultural and turfgrass sectors. The cultural transformation brought about by irrigation may be as profound as the transformation of the landscape. The committee examines major facets of this cultural perspective and explores its place in the future. A New Era for Irrigation explains how irrigation emerged in the nineteenth century, how it met the nation's goals in the twentieth century, and what role it might play in the twenty-first century. It will be important to growers, policymakers, regulators, environmentalists, water and soil scientists, water rights claimants, and interested individuals.
More Crop Per Drop
Title | More Crop Per Drop PDF eBook |
Author | Meredith Giordano |
Publisher | IWA Publishing |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1843391120 |
This volume is an analytical summary and a critical synthesis of research at the International Water Management Institute over the past decade under its evolving research paradigm known popularly as 'more crop per drop'. The research synthesized here covers the full range of issues falling in the larger canvas of water-food-health-environment interface. Besides its immediate role in sharing knowledge with the research, donor, and policy communities, this volume also has a larger purpose of promoting a new way of looking at the water issues within the broader development context of food, livelihood, health and environmental challenges. More crop per drop: Revisiting a research paradigm contrasts the acquired wisdom and fresh thinking on some of the most challenging water issues of our times. It describes new tools, approaches, and methodologies and also illustrates them with practical application both from a global perspective and within the local and regional contexts of Asia and Africa. Since this volume brings together all major research works of IWMI, including an almost exhaustive list of citations, in one single set of pages, it is very valuable not only as a reference material for researchers and students but also as a policy tool for decision-makers and development agencies.