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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Mexico
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1999Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
Water is being transferred out of agriculture to meet the growing demand in other areas, often without an agreement of or compensation to farmers with irrigated land and water rights. Furthermore, there is a failure to recognize that irrigation systems supply water not only for the main fields, but also for domestic uses, home gardens, trees and other permanent vegetation, and livestock. Other productive uses include fishing, harvesting of aquatic plants and animals, and a variety of other enterprises such as brick making.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
Pre-project technical assistance study for proposed Area Development Project of North Central Province, prepared for RH&H Consult/ADB
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1996Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
This report presents a methodology for planning the rehabilitation and improvement of small-scale irrigation systems within the context of the water basin when information on hydrology and water use is inadequate. It was developed for planning the rehabilitation and improvement of small tank systems in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. The methodology is useful to those undertaking irrigation rehabilitation projects in similar circumstances and it may also be extended to water resources planning in many other circumstances.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1999Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
Presents an improved methodology for evaluating the resource demands necessary for effective canal operations. Includes identification and analysis of three operational domains: vulnerability, sensitivity and perturbation. Enables more cost-effective strategies and procedures for operation, and priorities for rehabilitation or modernization of physical infrastructure.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1997Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1995Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
The transmission of malaria in Sri Lanka is unstable; its incidence greatly fluctuates from year to year and exhibits important variations within a year. Identification of the underlying risk factors of malaria is important to target the limited resources for the most-effective control of the disease. This report presents the first results of a project on malaria risk mapping to investigate whether this tool could be utilized to forecast malaria epidemics.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
Proceedings of a workshop held in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka, 29th March 2001. Presents preliminary findings on malaria patterns and possible risk factors and describes the progress of IWMI research towards developing a risk map for Sri Lanka. It also contains presentations by Regional Malaria Officers, and other officials involved in malaria control, on areas of high malaria risk within their districts.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
This working paper contains the proceedings of the workshop on ?Malaria risk mapping in Sri Lanka?implications for its use in control? that was held on May 25, 2001 at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, which was a follow up to the workshop conducted on March 29, 2001 in Embilipitiya (Klinkenberg 2001). The workshop in Embilipitiya was organized at the local level to discuss the results of the malaria risk mapping work carried out by IWMI in the Uda Walawe region of Sri Lanka.
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