Download or read book Irrigation Decision making Processes and Conditions written by Charles Nijman and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1992 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irrigation Management Processes and Conditions written by Charles Nijman and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1991 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decision Making in Water Resources Policy and Management written by Barry Hart and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision-Making in Water Resource Policy and Management: An Australian Perspective presents the latest information in developing new decision-making processes. Topics covered include key aspects of water resources planning, recent water resource policy changes in irrigation, urban, and environmental considerations, the evolution of a water market, a number of case studies that provide real examples of improved decision-making, transfer of the Australian experience overseas, and challenges for the future. Many countries are experiencing major water scarcity problems which will likely intensify with the continued impacts of climate change. In response to this challenge, there is increased worldwide focus on the development of more sustainable and integrated water resource policies. The Australian experience over the past three decades has led to major improvements in the decision-making processes in water resources policy and management, particularly in response to drought and climate change, providing a great model on which other nations can use and adapt. This information is essential to early to mid-career practitioners engaged in policy, planning and operational roles in all fields of water resource policy and management, and catchment management. Summarizes key results from three decades of changes in Australian water resource policy Illustrates how Australian knowledge is being used in other countries and how this might be expanded Provides international practitioners with real examples of where and how the Australian knowledge is assisting in other situations
Download or read book Expanding the Frontiers of Irrigation Management Research written by Douglas J. Merrey and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1997 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research results: performances assessment; Research results: design and operation of irrigation systems; Research results: policy, institutions, and management; Research results: health and environment; Training and institutional strengthening; Conclusions: outputs, impacts, and future directions.
Download or read book Unsaturated zone Modeling written by R.A. Feddes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-10-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind has manipulated the quantity and quality of soil water for millennia. Food production was massively increased through fertilization, irrigation and drainage. But malpractice also caused degradation of immense areas of once fertile land, rendering it totally unproductive for many generations. In populated areas, the pollutant load ever more often exceeds the soil’s capacity for buffering and retention, and large volumes of potable groundwater have been polluted or are threatened to be polluted in the foreseeable future. In the past decades, the role of soil water in climate patterns has been recognized but not yet fully understood. The soil-science community responded to this diversity of issues by developing numerical models to simulate the behavior of water and solutes in soils. These models helped improve our understanding of unsaturated-zone processes and develop sustainable land-management practices. Aimed at professional soil scientists, soil-water modelers, irrigation engineers etc., this book discusses our progress in soil-water modeling. Top scientists present case studies, overviews and analyses of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to soil-water modeling. The contributions cover a wide range of spatial scales, and discuss fundamental aspects of unsaturated-zone modeling as well as issues related to the application of models to real-world problems.
Download or read book The Strategy of the International Irrigation Management Institute written by International Irrigation Management Institute and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1989 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book IIMI annual report 1988 Annual report 1988 International Irrigation Management Institute written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1988 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Training needs assessment in Malaysia Exercise held at Kuala Lampur and Kota Bharu from 13th October 1989 written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book IIMI Country Paper Sri Lanka written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Study on irrigation systems rehabilitation and improved operations and management Final report for ADB Regional Technical Assistance 5273 written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Management the Decision Making Process written by Dr. Randy White and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scarcity of potable water in both urban and rural settings requires that key decision-makers in water management explore innovative and timely solutions. However, the range of solutions currently under consideration are not well understood or documented in the literature. To fill this gap, this study used in-depth, semi-structured, open-ended interviews (n=7) to explore water managers knowledge and reasoning about solutions to water shortage, including practical considerations about cost and sustainability of water conservation and conversion. Findings revealed that water managers knowledge of potential solutions largely revolve around conservation and desalination of brackish water to produce short-term potable water. Water managers recommend that investment in and expansion of existing desalination technologies like reverse osmosis constitute a promising solution to the growing crisis of global water shortages. This study provided a preliminary understanding of practical barriers and facilitators considered by water managers in their search for long-term water management solutions.
Download or read book Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems written by Hector M. Malano and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides an overview of the principles required for a service orientation in the management of irrigation and drainage systems. The material covered is designed to emphasize an area largely neglected in the irrigation and drainage management literature. The dominating philosophy underlying this book is that irrigation and drainage systems must be managed as a service business responsive to the needs and changing requirements of its customers. It is postulated that this service approach to the management of irrigation and drainage systems consitutes a key element of the startegy that is needed to improve the current level of performance of many irrigation and drainage systems worldwide. Enhanced performance of irrigation is a prerequisite if we are to face the enormous challenge of producing greater quantities of food to meet the demand of a growing population. This is particularly the case in an environment with increasing competition for water from industry and urban water users, set against mounting concerns about environmental sustainability.
Download or read book Agricultural Cybernetics written by Yanbo Huang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural systems are uniquely complex systems, given that agricultural systems are parts of natural and ecological systems. Those aspects bring in a substantial degree of uncertainty in system operation. Also, impact factors, such as weather factors, are critical in agricultural systems but these factors are uncontrollable in system management. Modern agriculture has been evolving through precision agriculture beginning in the late 1980s and biotechnological innovations in the early 2000s. Precision agriculture implements site-specific crop production management by integrating agricultural mechanization and information technology in geographic information system (GIS), global navigation satellite system (GNSS), and remote sensing. Now, precision agriculture is set to evolve into smart agriculture with advanced systematization, informatization, intelligence and automation. From precision agriculture to smart agriculture, there is a substantial amount of specific control and communication problems that have been investigated and will continue to be studied. In this book, the core ideas and methods from control problems in agricultural production systems are extracted, and a system view of agricultural production is formulated for the analysis and design of management strategies to control and optimize agricultural production systems while exploiting the intrinsic feedback information-exchanging mechanisms. On this basis, the theoretical framework of agricultural cybernetics is established to predict and control the behavior of agricultural production systems through control theory.
Download or read book Soil Physics Application Under Stress Environments written by M. Ehsan Akhtar and published by Barani Agricultural Research and Development Project. This book was released on 1990 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings includes 33 papers presented during the International Symposium on Applied Soil Physics in Stress Environments held in 22-26 January 1989 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The papers are divided into four technical sessions. The first session (5 paper) provides an overview of irrigated and barani (rainfed) agriculture. The second session (13 papers) was focused on measurements and methodologies appropriate for use under condition prevailing in Pakistan and similar situations. Specific topics in the second session included soil water and solute movement, soil-water-plant interaction, and soil structure. The third session (9 papers) was concerned with defining the role of tillage and land use practices in soil and water conservation, and the fourth session (6 papers) was focused on conceptual and mathematical modelling applicable to stress environments. Recommendations relating to soil physics research needs, human resource development and research management in Pakistan, are also presented.
Download or read book Omics sciences in agriculture written by Jaime Aguilar-Zambrano and published by Sello Editorial Javeriano-Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of research papers on applying omics sciences in crop characterization and breeding, focusing on Proteomics, Phenomics, and Microbiomics. Within the pages of this book, you will discover valuable contributions related to various aspects of plant biology. These include molecular modeling of proteins in plants, monitoring crops to extract relevant information about their growth, characterization of soils to identify heavy metal contamination, and exploring soil remediation methods that utilize microorganisms to promote plant growth. The genesis of this book is rooted in the Ómicas Research Alliance, a prominent player in the field of Food Science within the Colombian Scientific Ecosystem program. It compiles research experiences from alliance members and institutions worldwide, addressing universal challenges in Food Security and the Sustainable Productivity of Food Systems. This book aims to communicate the latest results and impacts derived from the application of omics sciences and technologies to optimize agricultural food production systems globally. By presenting these research papers, this book seeks to advance knowledge in plant sciences and omics technologies, ultimately fostering a more secure and sustainable food production system for Colombia and beyond.
Download or read book Crop diversification in irrigated agriculture in the Philippines Proceedings of a national workshop Puerto Azul Beach and Country Club Ternate Centre The Philippines 5 7 October 1988 written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AI Edge and IoT based Smart Agriculture written by Ajith Abraham and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AI, Edge, and IoT Smart Agriculture integrates applications of IoT, edge computing, and data analytics for sustainable agricultural development and introduces Edge of Thing-based data analytics and IoT for predictability of crop, soil, and plant disease occurrence for improved sustainability and increased profitability. The book also addresses precision irrigation, precision horticulture, greenhouse IoT, livestock monitoring, IoT ecosystem for agriculture, mobile robot for precision agriculture, energy monitoring, storage management, and smart farming. The book provides an overarching focus on sustainable environment and sustainable economic development through smart and e-agriculture. Providing a medium for the exchange of expertise and inspiration, contributions from both smart agriculture and data mining researchers around the world provide foundational insights. The book provides practical application opportunities for the resolution of real-world problems, including contributions from the data mining, data analytics, Edge of Things, and cloud research communities working in the farming production sector. The book offers broad coverage of the concepts, themes, and instruments of this important and evolving area of IOT-based agriculture, Edge of Things and cloud-based farming, Greenhouse IOT, mobile agriculture, sustainable agriculture, and big data analytics in agriculture toward smart farming. Integrates sustainable agriculture, Greenhouse IOT, precision agriculture, crops monitoring, crops controlling to prediction, livestock monitoring, and farm management Presents data mining techniques for precision agriculture, including weather prediction, plant disease prediction, and decision support for crop and soil selection Promotes the importance and uses in managing the agro ecosystem for food security Emphasizes low energy usage options for low cost and environmental sustainability
