A pre-conference to Humid Tropical Ecosystems, 5 -9 December, 2006, Kandy, Sri Lanka, commemorating the 50th anniversary of UNESCO Humid Tropics Programme Organized by United Nations University and the International Water Management Institute.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2006Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Indonesia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2005Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
This exploratory study was designed to capture the main features of agrarian change in the upper part of the basin that depends mostly on anicuts. These anicuts amount to 59 percent of the total basin anicuts in terms of numbers, but to only 43 percent in terms of irrigated area. They are generally very old (the history of some of them goes back to 2000 years; see below) and obviously, many changes have occurred during this time.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1996Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
The last few decades Sri Lanka has made detennined efforts for crop diversification to raise farm production and improve the quality of life of the farmers. Significant progress has also been made and a large area has been brought under different crops, especially, chili and big onion, two very important cash crops. Most of these developments have occurred in medium and major schemes resulting in significant increases in the cropping intensity as well as in the participation of farmers.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1994Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
The impact of information techniques in all economic activities has been tremendous during the past decade. However, the potential of the multiple management methods and technologies derived from this field has not been fully realized in the irrigation sector. One area of application of information techniques concern the design and installation of Decision Support Systems (DSS). This area, used for the particular activities relating to the management of water in irrigation schemes, constitutes the theoretical background of this paper
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, China
This report is based on a research project financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to conduct a regional study for the development of effective water management institutions (ADBRETA no 5812). Research activities were conducted in five river basins in Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal, China and Sri Lanka for a period of three years commencing from 1999. The river basin studied in Sri Lanka was the Deduru Oya river basin in the North Western Province of the country. This report contains the findings of the Deduru Oya basin study.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003China, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka
Regional study implemented by IWMI with financial support from the Asian Development Bank (RETA 5812)
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003China, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka
Regional study implemented by IWMI with financial support from the Asian Development Bank (RETA 5812)
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003China, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Regional study implemented by IWMI with financial support from the Asian Development Bank (RETA 5812)
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