Whereas water is an important input in rice production, China faces severe problems with increasing demand for water … and limited water resources. In conventional paddy production, one of the most important irrigated crops, a significant … amount of irrigation water is lost due to percolation and evaporation. Therefore, it exist a vivid research in water saving …

farmers' communities and water in a place where exists seasonality in the natural availability of hidrics resources and, at … the same time, solids incentives for intensive projects in use of water. It tries to analyze, mainly, the community … handlings of the waters accomplished by family farmers, the relation amid water availability, production of foods and family …

princípio de ser submetido ao controlo democrático. ---------------------------------------------Water being essential to human … especially concerned with the issue of water availability and distribution. In what the satisfaction of basic needs is concerned …, one could fairly safely state that it is relatively easy and cheap to provide access to water to everybody. Why is there …

changes with water and sanitation taxes in response to change in households’ income in the main Brazilian regions (North …, indicating that water can be considered a normal good in the regions analyzed, and, for the country as a whole, the value … encountered was 0.4263. The estimations show also that, in general, the elasticity-income of expenditure of water and sanitation …

energéticas tradicionais. ---------------------------------------------For a long time, fossil fuels and water were the major …

falta de participação popular.------------------This study has the waters as a theme managing the use of water, which have … research aimed to study the problems and more frequent conflicts related to the water in the rivers of Médio São Francisco, in … culminate in the formation of Water Basin Committees, and in what extent they can tackle such issues. Several problems that …

economic and environmental goals. The economic and water resource effects of the Reform have been explored for the case study … indicate only small changes in the cropping pattern and associated economic and water quality indicators as a result of the …

. In each biennial survey we have found significant differences between ethnicities in views on water quality, causes of … damage to water, and water management. There are also significant differences between ethnicities in participation in …

to integrate water and agricultural policy analysis and to support participatory decision process. The tool is a scenario … illustrating a case study conducted in Italy to support an ex ante evaluation of a water management system reorganisation. Reduce … water consumption is a strategic objective which pricing policy cannot address given technical constraints. The replacement …

The use of irrigation water for agricultural production requires innovative and sustainable research and an appropriate … transfer of water saving technologies. The main aim of this paper is to explore the irrigating behaviour of farmers examining … factors affecting their decision to adopt novel water saving practices. In order to achieve the above aim both summary …