long time, but the first steps to combat drought took just in the mid twentieth century when there was planted windbreak …-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. …

specified quantities of water for agricultural purposes. Some water is extracted through large-scale irrigation infrastructure … draining soils benefit most from irrigation, possibly because the water is retained for longer on these properties. Drier areas … appear to benefit more from irrigation than do areas with higher rainfall. Farms that are situated close to towns derive …

This paper looks at the Indus Basin Water Strategy for Pakistan. It begins with a historical overview of the Indus … Basin Irrigation System (IBIS), the Indus Basin Replacement Works (1960-1980) and the Indus Basin Salinity Control Efforts … (1960-2000). The paper then looks at the IBIS irrigation and salinity control investments that have taken place over the …

Africa. In Kenya, the drought and food crisis affect welfare through two main channels. The first channel is the increased … mortality of livestock in drought-affected areas, which are home to 10 percent of the country’s population. The second channel …

Although the physical aspects and agrocultural impacts of drought and government and donor responses as well as … household coping and survival strategies in the event of drought have been well studied, little research has occurred on either …

feeding cows. In this environment, it is natural to consider whether culling in response to drought followed by replacement as … culling during drought conditions for the northern Victorian dairy industry. The methodology is applied to two recent years of … drought, 2002 03 and 2007 08. While higher feed costs provide reason to cull, this is largely offset by lower cull prices and …

case, the lack of the water. During 1949 and 1955, studies were carried out concerning the damages produced by drought and … all the agricultural lands. Because of the uncertainty surrounding the rehabilitation of the irrigation systems in the …

countries in the world. Irrigation technology has been identified as one of the most priorities in the strategies of the … for soil and water conservation in the country. However, definitive and quantitative information regarding irrigation … technology and its interactions with farm productivity is lacking. We evaluate the impact of irrigation interventions on income …