Author: Farm Dams (Irrigation) Review CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Soil Defense in the Pacific Southwest
Author: Glenn Kenton RulePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Dams and Irrigation
Author: M.L. NarasaiahPublisher: Discovery Publishing House
ISBN: 9788171419784
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
There are few issues that have greater impact on the life of mankind and the planet as a whole than the management of our most important natural resources water. This has only been realised in detail more recently by the general public as well as by many planners and decision-makers. Around the world they have begun to appropriate the critical importance of a reliable water supply for their future survival and sustainable development. Rivers are lifelines in countries like India serving different uses such as transport, agriculture, fisheries, personal hygiene and others. Conflicts over use of water resources must be settled through better water management policies. In many localities of the Earth water-related problems have become have become extremely acute, even critical. In some places they are the source of social instability and are a threat to international security. There is not the slightest doubt that, with further population increase and under the water business-as-usual scenario, these problems will become ever major acute, thus creating ever more instability. After decades of water waste, water pollution, and inability to provide basic water services to the poor we must fundamentally change the way we think about and manage water. We have to realise that water can no longer be considered to be a cheap and plentiful resource, which can be used abused or squandered without much concern for further human welfare.
Farm Dams (Irrigation)
Author: Farm Dams (Irrigation) Review CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Small-scale Irrigation Dams, Agricultural Production, and Health
Author: Lire ErsadoPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Households with poor health are less likely to adopt productivity-enhancing as well as resource-conserving technologies, which are crucial for achieving the ultimate goal of sustainable agricultural development. The ensuing sickness has also led to reduction in labor allocation to off-farm activities. The findings underline the importance of weighing beforehand the magnitude of potential economic benefits against health costs of water development programs. The overall evidence, however, suggests that carefully designed irrigation dams could significantly improve agricultural production and food security, particularly in areas where waterborne diseases pose negligible risk to health or can be cost-effectively controlled"--Abstract.
Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water-power, and Domestic Water-supply
Author: James Dix SchuylerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Storage of Water for Irrigation Purposes: Timber dams and rock-fill dams
Author: Samuel FortierFarm Dams (Irrigation) Review Committee Final Report
Author: Victorian Farm Dams (Irrigation) Review CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Farm Dams (irrigation) Review Committee
Author: Victorian Farm Dams (Irrigation) Review CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
The Contribution of Irrigation and the Central Valley Project to the Economy of the Area and the Nation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Interior and Insular Affairs CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The impact on farm household welfare of large irrigation dams and their distribution across hydrological basins
Author: Takeshima, HiroyukiPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
This study assesses the short-term effects of large irrigation dams on household consumption in the northern part of Nigeria. Using two rounds of the Nigeria LSMS survey, we apply multinomial logit inverse probability weighting (MIPW) methods to construct matching samples across three different types of hydrological basins – dam basins, which are basins that contain large irrigation dams and the area upstream of such dams; downstream basins, which are located downstream of large irrigation dams; and non-dam basins, which are not associated with large irrigation dams. Our analyses particularly focus on the benefits provided by such dams for mitigating the drought risks faced by farm households. Drought is an important factor that affects adversely the welfare of farm household in Nigeria. Supplemental irrigation is often used during drought to provide water to crops.