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This essay was written for an essay competition organised by Pakistan council for Research in Water Resources. It …
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The concept of virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The concept was identified by the geographer Tony Allan in the early 1990s, to draw attention on the global economic processes that ameliorate local water deficits in the MENA region...
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estimated 80 percent of the additional food supplies required to feed the world will depend on irrigation. Ministry of Water … drinking water and adequate resources for irrigation; the move to look at renewable sources of energy like hydro power; and …
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On the nation’s largest aquifer live 2.3 million people, most of whom depend on the Ogallala’s water for household consumption, as well as for agricultural and industrial use. As the Ogallala’s levels decline, policies need to be developed to encourage conservation of this resource that...
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how the experience of collective irrigation management in the real world facilitates the spillover of social behaviour …
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Punjab model of irrigation is characterized by excess demand for water for irrigation, coupled with unconstrained … raised serious ecological and environmental concerns. This is a high time to analyze the irrigation system in its historical …
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how the experience of collective irrigation management in the real world facilitates the spillover of social behaviour …
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-1965, when work began planning for irrigation. In the period 1967-1989, were equipped more than 420 thousand hectares … an uncertain future while irrigation in Dobrogea is the main factor that depends on achieving high and safe yields. …
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of innovation for a better management of irrigation water. It takes into account all potential forms of technological … innovation for sustainable development. This analysis is supporting a questionnaire on irrigation practices targeting fifty …
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Inadequate supply of water for irrigation has been the severe problem for the most of the farmers in the state of … Andhra Pradesh in India. There are only very few districts where level of irrigation is reasonably sufficient. In most parts … of the state, supply of water for crop cultivation has become a constant concern as the canal irrigation is unequally …
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