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DocumentIrrigation Investment Briefs - 13 Collected Papers
Occasional Paper N. 4 - February 1997
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No results found.Investments in irrigation can greatly contribute to increased agricultural production and economic benefits when planned, implemented and operated satisfactorily. The range of options available for investments is generally wide. Careful selection on technical and socio-economic grounds is required to ensure optimum returns from the investments on a sustainable basis. This publication presents several papers prepared in the course of providing assistance to developing countries in the prepar ation of World Bank-financed irrigation projects in various parts of the world. They cover a variety of topics raised during field work, including technical and economic issues requiring clarification, and record the experiences of actual case situations. -
Book (stand-alone)The irrigation challenge
Increasing irrigation contribution to food security through higher water productivity from canal irrigation systems
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Book (series)Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in figures 1997
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No results found.FAO's AQUASTAT programme, initiated in 1993, aims to meet the demand for information on water resources and use at regional level, with particular emphasis on irrigation and drainage. The objectives of the programme are to collect and present, in a systematic way, data on rural water use at country level. With an area of more than 22 million km², the former Soviet Union (FSU) covers about 17% of the world and presents a wide range of climatic and physiographic situations, from the arctic zones of Siberia to the arid deserts of Central Asia.
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