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, 2001China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001France, United States of America, Spain, China, Indonesia, Australia, Ireland, Suriname, Guyana, Finland, Japan, Italy, Brazil, India, Russia, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, Canada
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 6
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Seychelles, France, United States of America, Japan, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand
This Circular presents the main outcome of the Expert Consultation on Implications of the Precautionary Approach for Tuna Biological and Technological Research held in Phuket, Thailand, from 7 to 15 March 2000. The administrative Report of the Consultation is also presented in the Circular as Appendix 3.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Morocco, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Netherlands, Asia
Based on the FAO-ESCAP project to develop 'national water visions' in the Asia-Pacific region that would set out each country's goals for sound water management to meet the needs of all for this vital natural resource over the next two decades. Contains four Southeast Asia case studies (Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam), which were carried out as part of the project and looks at water use in these countries and how they plan to fulfil their water visions.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Egypt, Canada, Israel, Samoa, Germany, Namibia, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Djibouti, Guinea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Thailand, Cyprus, Japan, Vietnam, Tanzania, Poland, India, Greece
The present “Supplement to the Report on the 1990 WCA” presents the census results collected from the reports issued by the countries that conducted censuses during the 1986-1995 decade and made them available to FAO after mid-1997.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Nepal, Laos, Bangladesh, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, China, Oman, Pakistan, Myanmar, India, Yemen, Republic of Korea, 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, 2001Japan, New Zealand, United States of America, Namibia
Meeting symbol/code: SLC2 2001 2
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001United States of America, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, India, Russia, Vietnam, Brazil, New Zealand
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001France, Sweden, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Monaco, Japan, Philippines, Tanzania, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Norway
The rationale for more integrated approaches to aquaculture development is powerful: coastal aquaculture has brought significant benefits to both national economies and coastal people; aquaculture is highly vulnerable to pollution caused by other resource users; if poorly designed or managed it may cause pollution or the spread of disease; its impacts are often limited but incremental and cumulative; and it often takes place in areas where resource ownership or use rights are ill defined and ambiguous.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, China, Australia, Canada, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, New Zealand, Jordan, Morocco, Japan, Turkey, Tunisia, India, Russia, Romania, Brazil
Five years after the World Food Summit, and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, The State of Food and Agriculture reflects on some of the main challenges faced in eliminating world hunger and poverty. The task may be daunting, but so are the numbers of hungry and undernourished people whose fate is dependent on decisive and accelerated action. I am convinced that, with a renewed commitment and determined, concerted effort, the goal of the World Food Summit can be met.
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