June 25, 2021
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Economical and Social Impact of Technical Improvements and Renewed Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen Wadis, Case Study, Tihama Wadis (in Arabic)
Title: Economical and Social Impact of Technical Improvements and Renewed Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen Wadis, Case Study, Tihama Wadis (in Arabic) Author: Dr. Sharafaddin Abdullah Saleh Type: Paper Description: Over the past fifty years, government authorities and international organizations have made considerable investments in improving traditional spate irrigation systems. Given their importance to agriculture
June 25, 2021
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Overview of Non-modernized Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen
Title: Overview of Non-modernized Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen Author: Said R. Al-Shaybani Type: Article Year: 2003 Description: This report discusses the non-modernized spate irrigation systems in Yemen. There was a surge of spate development projects in Yemen in the 1980s. A large number of spate systems were “modernized”, particularlay in the Tihama Plains and
June 25, 2021
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Effect of sowbug on Soil Aggregate Stability in a Desert Region (Case Study: Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran)
Title: Effect of sowbug on Soil Aggregate Stability in a Desert Region (Case Study: Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran) Authors: Gholamreza Rahbar, Ataollah Kavian, Mahmood Habibnezhad Rooshan, Ahang Kowsar and Kaka Shahedi Year: 2015 Type: Article in Ecoperzia 2015, 3 (4), 1189-1199 Description: This article desribes the appearance of sowbugs in sedimentation basins of the artificial
June 25, 2021
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Paper on Water Resources of Kachho and Future Situation in the Context of Climate Change
Title: Paper on Water Resources of Kachho and Future Situation in the Context of Climate Change Author: Gulsher Panhwar Type: Paper Description: The Kachho area in Taluka Johi, Dadu District is facing a fast depletion of water resources. Unchecked deforestation and water overuse by submersible pumps are the major causes for the depletion of the
June 25, 2021
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Spate Irrigation in Pakistan: Problems and Prospects
Title: Spate Irrigation in Pakistan: Problems and Prospects Author: Karim Nawaz & Muhammed Usman Qazi Type: Article Description: Pakistan being and environmentally diverse yet largely arid country depends heavily on irrigated agriculture both at the market as well as subsistence economy. The practice of irrigation is ancient in this part of the world and the
June 25, 2021
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Water from Sand Rivers
Title: Water from Sand Rivers Author: Erik Nissen-Petersen Type: Article Year: 1997 Description: A summary of paper on developing drinking water resources from ephemeral rivers.
June 25, 2021
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Spate Irrigation in Eritrea
Title: Spate Irrigation in Eritrea Author: Mehari & Tesfai Type: Article Year: 2003 Description: In contrast to other countries spate irrigation is a relatively new phenomenon in Eritrea. The area presently under spate irrigation (assessed at 14,000 ha) is a fraction of the area that can be developed (estimated by various sources between 60,000 to
June 25, 2021
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From Value to Finance: Making IWRM Work
Title: From Value to Finance: Making IWRM Work Author: Ben Lamoree and Frank van Steenbergen Type: Paper Year: 2006 Description: This paper presents various perspectives on operationalisation of IRWM.
June 25, 2021
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Farmers’ perceptions of and responses to annual flood events in the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta
Title: Farmers’ perceptions of and responses to annual flood events in the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta Author: Van Kien Nguyen and Kim Alexander Type: Article Year: 2014 Description: This chapter reflects on the importance of local perceptions of flooding events and household adaptive capacity and coping strategies used to prepare and respond to annual flooding
June 25, 2021
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Environmental and Socio-Economic Aspects of Hurry, a Traditional Agroforestry System in Sindh, Pakistan.
Title: Environmental and Socio-Economic Aspects of Hurry, a Traditional Agroforestry System in Sindh, Pakistan. Author: Dr. G.R. Keerio Year: 2015 Description: This book describes a study on Hurry plantation, which is a traditional agroforestry practice in Sindh. It highlights its economic and environmental aspects to promote what benefits this traditional system offers for the improvement
