As water becomes scarcer in many countries, governments increasingly have to deal with the considerable challenges of water management. Sound information on water vailability and use is key to shaping water policies that aim to provide equitable and sustainable use of increasingly scarce water resources. Accurate information on agricultural water withdrawal is particularly important to planners and decision-makers involved in water management, as agriculture represents the largest water us er in many countries, representing about 70 percent of total withdrawal worldwide.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010Ethiopia, Italy, Benin, Madagascar, Sri Lanka
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2019Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Botswana, Lesotho, Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, India, Portugal
Este estudio es una contribución más en la tarea de realizar un inventario mundial de experiencias nacionales en el campo de la legislación y administración de aguas. Dado su interés en fomentar la producción agrícola, que requiere un mayor uso consultivo del recurso agua, la FAO se ha ocupado siempre de los aspectos institucionales y jurídicos de la gestión del recurso agua.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Mexico, Malaysia, Turkmenistan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Cambodia, Japan, India, Vietnam, Asia
Most of the large rice irrigation systems in Southeast Asia have been designed for rice irrigation under a supply-driven mode. Despite their huge contribution to agricultural production, there is a general consensus that these large rice irrigation systems have not lived up to expectations because of a legacy of poor institutional arrangements and system design, degraded infrastructure, poor management and stagnation in the face of rapid transformations of agriculture and pressures on their water supply.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1999Angola, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Mozambique, Iraq, El Salvador, Ghana, France, Guatemala, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, Pakistan, Kenya, Costa Rica, Oman, Lesotho, Madagascar, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Gabon, Cuba
Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2014Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Nepal, El Salvador, Mali, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Austria, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Malawi, Cape Verde, Switzerland, Kenya, Hungary, Madagascar, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Senegal
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2014Angola, Fiji, North Macedonia, Benin, El Salvador, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Djibouti, Australia, Bolivia, Austria, Congo, Venezuela, Guinea, Malawi, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Liberia, Uganda, Madagascar, Senegal, Paraguay
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Bangladesh, Honduras, Kenya, Iraq, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Pakistan, Rwanda, Philippines, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Madagascar, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Togo
On trouvera dans le présent guide une application concrète du modèle Produire plus avec moins de la FAO pour une intensification durable de la production des cultures fondamentales en matière de sécurité alimentaire, à savoir le maïs, le riz et le blé.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Angola, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Mali, Burundi, Eswatini, Canada, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Lesotho, Rwanda, Madagascar, Maldives, Togo, Ghana
Meeting symbol/code: ARC 00 5
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Zambia, Turkey, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Malawi, Pakistan, Morocco, Philippines, Mexico, Uganda, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Argentina, India, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Brazil
FAO’s best-selling 2011 publication, <i>Save and Grow</i>, proposed a new paradigm of agriculture, one that is both highly productive and environmentally sustainable. This new book looks at the application of “Save and Grow” practices and technologies to production of the world’s key food security crops – maize, rice and wheat.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011Seychelles, Kenya, Mauritius, Zambia, Uganda, Madagascar, Tanzania, India
Pour améliorer leur compétitivité et le positionnement de leurs produits au niveau international, sept indutriels membres de l’AOTOI ont décidé de gérerau mieux l’impact de leurs opérationssur l’environnement en matière de gestion de la ressource en eau.
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