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The use of the wetting front detector as an irrigation‐scheduling tool for pepper production in the Upper East Region of Ghana: Evidence from field experiment and farmers’ perceptions

We compare the effect of the wetting front detector on yield and water productivity with farmers’ […]

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Creating new markets via smallholder irrigation: the case of irrigation-led smallholder commercialization in Lume District, Ethiopia

Following the 2008 global food crises, the agricultural development agenda has gained renewed international attention. Though […]

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The Use of Sluice Gates for Stock Enhancement and Diversification of Livelihoods Supplementary

This report is a response to the second review of project number R8210, ‘the use of […]

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Small-scale Farmer Managed Aquaculture Trials in Raichur District, Karnataka State, India. Principles of back-yard aquaculture.

This BSc Project Report comprises a 4-page description of the principles of backyard aquaculture with reference […]

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Safeguarding Public Health From Farms To Markets To Households

This brief presents snapshots of the ways to minimize the public health risks from wastewater irrigation […]

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Report of the National Workshop held in May 2005, Dhaka.

The main objective of the workshop was to share findings of two years research project on […]

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Commune Agro-ecosystem Analysis to Support Decision Making for Water Allocation for Fisheries and Agriculture in the Tonle Sap Wetland System

CAEA is a participatory approach that enables local communities to improve decision making at the commune […]

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Basin Focal Project Niger

The Basin Focal Project Niger was one of ten projects commissioned by the CGIAR Challenge Program […]

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Karkheh Basin Focal Project – Synthesis Report

Development of the Karkheh’s water resources has contributed in important ways to Iran’s food security and […]

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PN35 Final Report. Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems.

The main objective of this five year action research project was to test technical and institutional […]

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Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS)

The action research was further structured around a jointly developed MUS conceptual framework of ‘principles’ that […]

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Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands and its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile

This publication, of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF), supports global efforts of the […]

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PN08 Final Report. Improving On-farm Agricultural Water Productivity inthe Karkheh River Basin (KRB).

The present project was approved by CPWF for implementation in the KRB and was carried out […]

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Modern irrigation technologies for smallholders in developing countries

The report outlines the potential role of modern irrigation methods against the background of increasing water […]

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India’s Water Future to 2025-2050: Business-as-Usual Scenario and Deviations

With a rapidly expanding economy many changes are taking place in India today. Some of these […]

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Small-scale farmer-managed aquaculture in engineered water systems: critical design and management approaches

The purpose of the project was to identify the major social and bioeconomic constraints to the […]

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Farming systems and food production in the Volta Basin

The predominantly rural population in the Volta Basin depends on rainfed crops, a practice which becomes […]

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An Integrated Approach to Improving Adaptive Capacity: The Adapta Sertão Experience

Community-based adaptation (CBA) is a fairly new approach where communities are empowered to find their own […]

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Boundary bunds or piles of stones? Using farmers’ practices in Bolivia to aid soil conservation

Existing practices employed by farmers provide a potentially valuable source of information for the introduction of […]

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An approach to valuing ponds within farming systems for aquaculture

In the context of arid and semi-arid climates, where water resources are scarce and where multiple […]

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Irrigated gardens reduce poverty and buildempowerment. Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Best Practices in Irrigation and Drainage: Learning from Successful Projects

In 2004, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) updated the sector and thematic classification and identified irrigation […]

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Measuring Irrigation Subsidies in Andhra Pradesh and Southern India: An application of the GSI Method for quantifying subsidies

Andhra Pradesh is one of the leading states in India with respect to irrigation subsidies—with significant […]

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EGYPT’S EXPERIENCE IN IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE RESEARCH UPTAKE

Due to arid conditions, Egypt depends mainly on irrigated agriculture (99.8 percent of the cultivated area) […]

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Groundwater irrigation and production risks of rice farming in Cotabato Province, Philippines

A stochastic production function specification is used to value the variability in agricultural productivity of groundwater […]

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Partial root-zone drying: An altrnative irrigation management to improve the water use efficiency of potato crops

Drought is a severe environmental stress that limits agricultural production. Vegetable crops,  including potato, have high […]

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Agricultural potentials, constraints and opportunities in the Megech and Ribb rivers irrigation project areas in the Lake Tana Basin of Ethiopia

This document was prepared by the Potato Seed Production Specialist, based at the CIP-Liaison Office of […]

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Chapter 4: Major impacts of irrigation and drainage projects

In the detailed sections below, many of the impacts described are most extreme in the case […]

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Valuing Weather Information in Irrigated Agriculture

Weather information is, and will continue to be, an important input into management the decisions of many human […]

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Crops and Drops: Making the Best Use of Water in Agriculture

Water and food security are intimately connected. Many of the over 800 million people in the […]

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Irrigation Development in Ghana: Past experiences, emerging opportunities, and future directions

This study was initiated to develop an understanding of irrigation in the country, including the geographical […]

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Use of decision support systems to improve dam planning and dam operation in Africa

After a hiatus in dam investment, through the 1990s and the early part of this century, […]

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Typology of Irrigation Systems in Ghana

This paper develops and presents a typology of irrigation systems in Ghana. It is intended to […]

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Water Issue Brief: Revitalizing irrigation

The conditions that led to large public investment in irrigation in the second half of the […]

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