Changes in the way water is used in one part of a river basin often affect how water is used somewhere else in that basin. This report introduces the concept of hydronomic ( hydro water + nomus management) zones that were developed to help untangle some of the complexities of basin-wide water resource use.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Sri Lanka, India, Egypt, Turkey
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2001
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Colombia, Central America, South America
The effects of different types of land management on the soil macroinvertebrate communities on acid soil savannas of Colombia have been assessed using the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Program (TSBF) methodology. Invertebrates were identified among broad taxonomic units, TU (Orders or Families), counted and grouped in larger units, i.e., earthworms, termites, ants, beetles, spiders, miriapods, and "other invertebrates".
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2001Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2001South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Charles Batchelor explaining how the traditional Indian concept of water as a community resource has been replaced by a system of private wells, so restricting the access of poorer people to water.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Nepal, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2001Nepal, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Uganda, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001
The thesis of this paper is that the "rational fool" syndrome can be applied to mainstream public sector agricultural research that is conducted in a way that is rational in the short term, but acts against its own long-term viability. Historically, a main concern of such research has been to maximize high levels of food production together with low prices to consumers. As a result, mainstream agricultural science has ignored negative impacts or externalities, which has contributed to a crisis of credibility with the general public and politically sensitive decision makers.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Nepal, Southern Asia
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