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Adaptive Water Management : Concepts, Principles and Applications for Sustainable Development
Delavari Edalat, Farideh; Abdi, M. Reza - 2018
This book explores a new framework of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) for evaluating existing approaches in urban water management. It highlights the need to adopt multidisciplinary strategies in water management while providing an in-depth understanding of institutional interactions amongst...
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security : Aspects of Euro-Mediteranean Business Cooperation
Mattas, Konstadinos (ed.); Baourakis, George (ed.);  … - 2018
irrigation efficiency effect on groundwater level variation by MODFLOW and WEAP models: a case study from Tuyserkan plain …
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Water Resources and Food Security in the Vietnam Mekong Delta
Cosslett, Tuyet L. - 2014
Introduction -- PART I -- Mekong Delta Water Resources and Food Security -- Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Water resources for rice culture and aquaculture -- Major threats to the Mekong Delta -- PART II -- Mekong River Regional Cooperation -- The Mekong Project -- The Mekong Committee (1957-1975) --...
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Innovationen für eine nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft : Einflussfaktoren und Handlungsbedarf
Tauchmann, Harald; Körkemeyer, Karsten; Rothgang, Michael - 2006
Die deutsche Wasserwirtschaft: Strukturen und rechtliche Grundlagen -- Innovationssysteme in der Wasserwirtschaft … speziellen Anwendungsfall der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft nach. Dabei werden Einflussfaktoren für Innovationen identifiziert …
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Water Resource Economics : Towards a Sustainable Use of Water for Irrigation in India
Chandrakanth, M.G. - 2015 - 1st ed. 2015
importance of the subject can be judged in light of the fact that India is the largest user of groundwater both for irrigation …1. Water for Irrigation: An overview -- 2. Externality in Irrigation -- 3. Unidirectional and Reciprocal externality in … irrigation -- 4. Sand Mining Externality -- 5. Relationship between rainfall and recharge -- 6. Marginal productivity of Water …
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Micro Irrigation Systems in India : Emergence, Status and Impacts
Viswanathan, P. K. (ed.); Kumar, M. Dinesh (ed.);  … - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Water Saving and Yield Enhancing Micro Irrigation Technologies in India: Theory … Accessing Benefits of Environmentally Feasible Technologies: A study of Micro Irrigation Systems in North Gujarat, Western India …This book takes stock of micro irrigation systems (MIS), the technological intervention in India’s agricultural and …
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Food Security and Sustainability : Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains
Mergos, George (ed.); Papanastassiou, Marina (ed.) - 2017
This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies. A Millennium Development goal and important policy concern, food security is experiencing renewed interest due to globalisation, which has led to...
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Finance for Food : Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
Köhn, Doris - 2014
The Big Picture: Global Trends Affecting Agricultural Finance -- Institutional and Process Innovations in Serving Rural Clients -- Dealing With Risks in Agricultural Finance -- Using Modern Technology for High-Quality Services in Rural Areas
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How to Feed the World
Eise, Jessica (ed.); Foster, Kenneth Alan (ed.) - 2018
By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How can we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering...
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Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy
Kalkuhl, Matthias (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.);  … - 2016
This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from...
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