This paper on Water for Rural Development is divided into two parts. The first part outlines the most important issues from IWMI's point of view on water for rural development, with a focus on developing countries. This part identifies, discusses and provides recommendations for key areas for interventions in water resources development and management in the context of rural development. The second part of the document provides analyses of present and future water resources in the World Bank's defined regions.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Oceania, Africa, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Central America, South America, Caribbean
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2001France, South Africa, Indonesia, Germany, Turkey, United States of America, Mexico, Australia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa
More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001France, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Asia
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Malta, Japan, Zambia, Malaysia, Sweden, Guatemala, Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands, Canada, Congo, Iran, Brazil, New Zealand
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 REP
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Honduras, Kenya, Croatia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Malta, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Panama, Eritrea, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Uganda, Somalia, Uruguay, Cambodia, Tunisia, India, Sudan, Mexico
Meeting symbol/code: C 2001 INF/22
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Angola, Dominica, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Cuba, Congo, Venezuela, Benin, Costa Rica, Colombia, Bahamas, Lesotho, Albania, Australia, Argentina, India, Senegal, Chad, Austria
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 1999 REP
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Singapore, Vietnam, Somalia, France, China, Eritrea, Botswana, Haiti, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia
This publication is a set of practical guidelines and norms for field project engineers for the design and building of small hydraulic structures using earth and gabions. This publication would be useful in designing small earth dams with a gabion spillway, intake weirs for gravity irrigation schemes, groynes, river bed training works and for protection against hydraulic erosion.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Zambia, Indonesia, Malta, Guatemala, Congo
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 REP
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001France, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, Burkina Faso, Italy, Thailand, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Myanmar, Tanzania, Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil
The paper briefly reviews the mandates and main activities of some major governmental and non-governmental international organizations concerned with the management of forest genetic resources, and the role that such organizations play in this field. It is noted that national forest genetic programmes will continue to constitute the building blocks of regional and global programmes, but that these can be usefully complemented by harmonization of action at international level.
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