Agricultural Water Management

• Author : A. L. Van Wijk,Wesseling J.
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 26 August 2020

This book is an outcome of the symposium on agricultural water management in Netherlands and discusses the methods that leads to cost effective but environmentally acceptable techniques. The book covers following topics: drainage and reclamation of soil and effect of drainage on agriculture.

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : World Bank Publications
• Release : 07 June 2023

Agricultural water management is a vital practice in ensuring reduction, and environmental protection. After decades of successfully expanding irrigation and improving productivity, farmers and managers face an emerging crisis in the form of poorly performing irrigation schemes, slow modernization, declining investment, constrained water availability, and environmental degradation. More and better investments in agricultural water are needed. In response, the World Bank, in conjunction with many partner agencies, has compiled a selection of good experiences that can guide practitioners in the

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : World Bank Publications
• Release : 01 January 2006

"In order to face the challenge of disappointing returns on public investment in irrigation and drainage new solutions have emerged. These solutions are based on widely available technology and new management and governance options. The main message of Re-engaging in Agricultural Water Management is that the irrigation and drainage sector should not continue to be dealt with as a standalone sector, but should be integrated into a broader perspective, one that embraces the objectives of productivity growth, poverty reduction, natural

• Author : Magnus L. Sørensen
• Publisher : Nova Publishers
• Release : 07 June 2023

Agricultural water management includes many topics: farm-level and regional water management, irrigation, drainage, and salinity management of cultivated areas, collection and storage of rainfall in relation to soil properties and vegetation; the role of groundwater and surface water in nutrient cycling, exploitation and protection of water resources, control of flooding, erosion, and desertification. This book presents leading-edge research from around the world.

• Author : PREMJIT SHARMA.
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 2023

• Author : Manish Kumar
• Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
• Release : 09 March 2012

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

• Author : Seleshi Bekele Awulachew
• Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
• Release : 01 January 2009

• Author : David Molden
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 23 July 2013

Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 1995

• Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
• Release : 14 March 2019

Accessibility to clean and sufficient water resources for agriculture is key in feeding the steadily increasing world population in a sustainable manner. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) offer a promising contribution to enhance availability and quality of water for productive purposes and human consumption, while simultaneously striving to preserve the integrity and intrinsic value of the ecosystems. Implementing successful NBS for water management, however, is not an easy task, since many ecosystems are already severely degraded and exploited beyond their regenerative capacity.

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 1999

• Author : Wijk A.L.M.
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 1985

• Author : DILIP KUMAR MAJUMDAR
• Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
• Release : 13 September 2013

The book, now in its second edition, fulfills the need for an up-to-date comprehensive text on irrigation water management for students of agriculture both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The scope of the book makes it a useful reference for courses in agricultural engineering, agronomy, soil science, agricultural physics and environ-mental sciences. It can also serve as a valuable guidebook to persons working with farming communities. The coverage in sixteen chapters brings out different aspects of irrigation including irrigation

• Author : Raphael Muli Wambua
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 10 September 2020

Document from the year 2020 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, Egerton University (FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY), course: AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING, language: English, abstract: Soil and Water Management is a text book intended for students and instructors in University or higher education for Certificate, Diploma and Degree students in a number of courses such as General Agriculture, Agricultural Education and Extension, Horticulture and other allied professions. The content of the text book has been presented in

• Author : Manish Kumar
• Publisher : IntechOpen
• Release : 09 March 2012

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