Download or read book Modernization Using the Structured System Design of the Bhadra Reservoir Project India written by R. Sakthivadivel and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1999 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluates the performance of the Bhadra Reservoir Project-before, during, and after the introduction of modernization with structured system design. Analysis focuses on water management, agricultural productivity, and farmer participation and perception. Identifies the absence of a continuing support mechanism and lack of farmer participation as the major causes for the project's decline.

Download or read book Modernizing Irrigation Operations written by D. Renault and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1999 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background ans constraints in water service; Case study of Kirindi Oya irrigation settlement Project Sri Lanka.

Download or read book More Crop Per Drop written by Meredith Giordano and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Integrated Basin Modeling written by G. W. Kite and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River basins are complex areas, combining the natural processes of precipitation, evapotranspiration, surface water and groundwater runoff with man-made features such as dams and reservoirs, diversions and irrigation schemes, and industrial and urban water uses. Computer models may be constructed to represent these natural and man-made processes. Such models are used to help understand processes that are difficult to measure (such as evaporation) and to study the effects of changes in land cover, water management or climate on the natural and man-made processes.

Download or read book Water Scarcity and the Role of Storage in Development written by Andrew A. Keller and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the four major ways of storing water –in the soil profile, in underground aquifers, in small reservoirs, and in large reservoirs behind dams–the first is possible only for relatively short periods of time. In this paper, the authors concentrate on the three kinds of long-term technologies, and compare the hydrological, operational, economic and environmental aspects of each.

Download or read book Institutional Change and Shared Management of Water Resources in Large Canal Systems written by D. J. Bandaragoda and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1999 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is based on the results of an action research program in pakistan conducted by the International Water Managament Institute (IWMI). An analysis of empirical data is presented in the light of existing theoretical kmowledge on collective action for natural resources management. the report also highlights the current constraints associated with a wider application of some of these findings, which reflect the difficulties in pursuing large-scale institutional reforms in the rural sector of developing coutries. finally, the report raises some key research issues that need to be explored further.

Download or read book Farmer based Financing of Operations in the Niger Valley Irrigation Schemes written by Charles L. Abernethy and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report deals with some experiences of a set of irrigation systems situated in the Republic of Niger, along both banks of the Niger River. All these systems draw water from the river through low-lift, electrically powered pumping stations, which have been installed by the Government of Niger over the past 30 years. Irrigation of this kind is not a tradition in Niger. The introduction of this technology caused considerable changes in the way of life of local communities.

Download or read book Irrigation Theory And Practice 2Nd Edn written by A M Michael and published by Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a comprehensive treatise on Water Resources Development and Irrigation Management. For the last 30 years the book has enjoyed the status of an definitive textbook on the subject. It has now been thoroughly revised and updated, and thus substantially enlarged. In addition to the wholesale revision of the existing chapters, three new chapters have been added to the book, namely, ‘Lift Irrigation Systems and their Design’, Water Requirement of Crops and Irrigation Management’, and ‘Economic Evaluation of Irrigation Projects and Water Pricing Policy’.

Download or read book Center commissioned external review of IWMI research theme 1 agricultural water management written by John Langford and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Using Datasets from the Internet for Hydrological Modeling written by Martin Lacroix and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public domain datasets are freely available on the Internet are easy to obtain, and often more up-to-date than those from local sources. This simplifies the modeling process and increases the ability to model basins anywhere in the world, from anywhere with Internet access. Although not all types of data are available, and some conversions may be needed, the information provided does allow for quick and easy simulations of basins. The Semi-Distributed Land-Use Runoff Process (SLURP) hydrological model has been designed to take advantage of such data sources. The application described in this report uses public domain data for topography, land use, seasonal variation in leaf area index (for transpiration) and climate data- all without calibration of parameters.

Download or read book An Assessment of the Small Scale Irrigation Management Turnover Program in Indonesia written by Douglas L. Vermillion and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the extent to which the Government of Indonesia's aspirations were realized through turnover program adopted in 1987. The impacts of management turnover on irrigation management and irrigated agriculture in selected systems in West and Central Java are analyzed. This study is part of a comparative research program to examine the impacts of irrigation management transfer in several countries using a common methodology.

Download or read book Assessment of Participatory Management of Irrigation Schemes in Sri Lanka written by M. Samad and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1999 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the application of a standard methodology developed by IWMI to assess the impact of irrigation management transfer on the performance of irrigation schemes. Includes detailed analysis of the effects of participatory management on the performance of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka.

Download or read book Urban wastewater Reuse for Crop Production in the Water short Guanajuato River Basin Mexico written by Christopher Anand Scott and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a river-basin perspective, wastewater irrigation is an important form of water and nutrient reuse; however, there are important water quality, environmental, and public health considerations. This report explores the advantages and risks of urban wastewater reuse for crop production in the water-short Guanajuato river-basin in west-central Mexico, and then by a selective literature review demonstrates how common this practice is worldwide. It also evaluates several alternative water-management scenarios through application of the Interactive River Aquifer Simulation (IRAS) model, developed by Cornell University and Resource Planning Associates.

Download or read book Using Remote Sensing Techniques to Evaluate Lining Efficacy of Watercourses written by R. Sakthivadivel and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the low-cost alternative strategy of selective lining of watercourses to reduce seepage and increase irrigated areas in the Indian subcontinent. Satellite remote-sensing (SRS) is seen as a cost-effective evaluation tool in view of its large area of synoptic and repetitive coverage.

Download or read book Productivity and Performance of Irrigated Wheat Farms Across Canal Commands in the Lower Indus Basin written by Intizar Hussain and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the enormous differences in agricultural productivity that exist across farms and regions in Pakistan, where, for example, recent farm-level data from Sindh, indicates that irrigated wheat output per hectare varies from 0.5 to 5.4 tons across farms. Looks at the central goal of agricultural policy in the country, viz. improving and sustaining productivity, narrowing the existing productivity gaps, and enhancing resource use efficiencies to meet food requirements of a rapidly growing population.

Download or read book Pedaling Out of Poverty written by Tushaar Shah and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study on the assessment of social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation in South Asia.

Download or read book Comparing Estimates of Actual Evapotranspiration from Satellites Hydrological Models and Field Data written by G. W. Kite and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of an experiment in which 8 different methods of estimating actual evaporation and transpiration were compared using a common database. Methods based on field data, hydrological models, and satellite data were used and the objectives were to compare results and to assess the utility of each method for various applications.