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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2003South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Asia, South-Eastern Asia
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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
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 ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004Iran
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2012Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Asia, Southern Asia, Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1999India, Libya, Syrian Arab Republic, Burkina Faso, Western Asia, Northern Africa
This paper aims to describe the state of theart of both water harvesting (WH) andsupplemental irrigation (SI) techniques in the temperate and sub-tropical dry lands, especiallyin the countries of WANA that are characterized by a Mediterranean-type climate. In addition,three case studies of water harvesting are presented (see annex). These were selected from the case studies presented at the FAO Expert Consultation Cairo (1994). By sharing with us the success and the failure of these endeavors, the authors of the case studies illustrate many of the points that are made in the text.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsAugust, 2014Bangladesh
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2013Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2005South Africa, India, Sri Lanka
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013India, Southern Asia
More than 1 million hectares of urban land in India could be irrigated for crops if wastewater was made safe for use. Lack of systematic data collection by municipalities makes it difficult to accurately assess the wastewater generation or estimate the total amount of urban area under wastewater irrigation, so the potential of urban and peri-urban farming could be even greater.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1994Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
Summaries of papers of a workshop which was organized with the objective of reviewing and comparing experiences in the application of computerized decision support tools to improve the performance of water management in irrigation systems of Sri Lanka.
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