Irrigation and water management Books
WEDC Water Quality Surveillance: A practical guide
Book SynopsisThis guide is designed to help staff who undertake surveillance and monitoring of water supplies in developing countries. It provides simple information on how data may be collected and explains the use of equipment and inspection techniques. It also provides example forms that can be easily photocopied, guidance on how monitoring data can be used to improve water supplies and water handling, and how reporting of information can be used to initiate dialogue with communities.
£14.95
Workman Publishing The Drought-Resilient Farm: Improve Your Soil’s
Book SynopsisRainfall levels are rarely optimal, but there are hundreds of things you can do to efficiently conserve and use the water you do have and to reduce the impact of drought on your soil, crops, livestock, and farm or ranch ecosystem. Author Dale Strickler introduces you to the same innovative systems he used to transform his own drought-stricken family farm in Kansas into a thriving, water-wise, and profitable enterprise, maximizing healthy cropland, pasture, and water supply. Ranging from simple, short-term projects such as installing rain-collection ollas to long-term land-management planning strategies, Strickler’s methods show how to get more water into the soil, keep it in the soil, and help plants and livestock access it.
£18.04
Nova Science Publishers Inc Drip Irrigation: Technology, Management &
Book SynopsisAlthough over two thirds of the Earth''s surface is covered by water, more than 97% is ocean water which is too salty for human use or even for irrigation. Consequently, the freshwater is only 3% and almost 1% of the available freshwater is liquid surface water that can be used directly by humans. The rest is groundwater and iced water. Yet still, freshwater is considered to be one of the most abundant resources on earth. In the agriculture sector only, over two-thirds of the available freshwater is used for irrigation. This book focuses on the technology, management and efficiency of drip irrigation.
£163.19
£23.08
Indus Publishing Company Irrigation Projects in India: Towards a New
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£13.12
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Irrigation Management Strategies Sustainability and Agricultural Advancements
£113.59
John Wiley & Sons Inc Golf Course Irrigation
Book SynopsisComplete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf coursesGolf Course Irrigation offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today''s golf courses. Without manufacturers'' bias, this useful resource provides hands-on guidance to the highest quality irrigation systems, including specifications and applications of the best pump stations, controllers, sprinkler heads, nozzles, valves, sensors, and other components that make the difference in top-quality irrigation systems.Typically regarded as significant users of water, golf courses are under increasing scrutiny by governmental and environmental groups, making it essential that the up-to-date information found here-on such topics as water supply, plant irrigation requirements, application uniformity, and construction management-be atTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 Plant Irrigation Requirements 1 2 Water Supply: Quantity and Quality 15 3 Pump Stations 29 4 Materials 61 5 Design 129 6 Construction Management 253 7 Installation 305 8 Conservation 413 Glossary 419 Appendix: Tables and Charts 423 Standards 439 Index 441
£999.99
Kejafa Knowledge Works The Vegetable Producers Manual A Practical guide for cultivating vegetables profitably
£35.10
Homestead Press The Complete Hydraulic Ram Manual
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£18.93
Legare Street Press Iirrigation En Asie Centrale
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£26.55
LEGARE STREET PR Report of Irrigation Investigations in Utah
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£26.55
Legare Street Press How To Build Small Irrigation Ditches
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£21.80
Legare Street Press Irrigation Of Rice In The United States
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Irrigation Of Grain
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£21.80
Legare Street Press Irrigation for the Farm
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£22.75
Legare Street Press The The Practical Irrigator and Drainer
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£24.65
Legare Street Press Draining and Embanking
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Excavating Machinery Used in Land Drainage
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Land Drainage a Treatise on the Design and Construction of Open and Closed Drains
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£23.70
Legare Street Press Las Las Obras De Riego En Egipto
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£25.60
Legare Street Press The Irrigation Works of India and Their Financial Results
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£24.65
Legare Street Press Anleitung zur Anlage artesischer Brunnen.
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Underground Waters Of Southwestern Kansas
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Irrigation Pocket Book
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£29.40
LEGARE STREET PR Réservoirs Artificiels Ou Manière De Retenir Leau De Pluie Et De Sen Servir Pour Larrosement Des Terrains Qui Manquent Deaux Courantes...
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£22.75
LEGARE STREET PR Manuel Des Irrigations Par F. Villeroy ... Et Adam Muller ......
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£25.60
LEGARE STREET PR Recherches Sur Les Arrosages Chez Les Peuples Anciens
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£25.60
Creative Media Partners, LLC Irrigation Canals and Other Irrigation Works Including the Flow of Water in Irrigation Canals and Open and Closed Channels Generally With Tables Simplifying and Facilitating the Application of the Formulae of Kutter DArcy and Bazin
£26.55
Callisto Reference Crop Irrigation Management: Water and Soil
£75.99
Larsen and Keller Education Irrigation: Agricultural Water Management
£103.28
Sydney University Press Cultivating Community
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£32.00
Must Have Books Design of Piping Systems
£18.00
Brill Rashda: The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village
Book SynopsisRashda:The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village is an interdisciplinary study from a multi-perspective, using various kinds of data and information. It offers a comprehensive description of Rashda, a village in Dakhla Oasis in Egypt from its beginning to the present. Key concepts are the uncertainty of the water supply, the dependence on the political regime and the rational behaviour of individuals. The villagers of Rashda have dealt with the difficult natural circumstances by creating the local customs of irrigation and cultivation. The development of village recently depends ever more on the government, as long as large amounts of finance and superior technology are necessary to dig deeper wells to secure water for cultivation.Table of ContentsPreface Transliteration of Arabic Introduction Scope of the Research Methodology and Data Part 1 Dakhla Oasis 1 Islands of the Blessed Islands in the Sand Dakhla Oasis in the Administration of Modern Egypt Column ① Egypt from the Periphery 2 Conditions of Natural and Human Resources Climate and Hydrogeology Demographic Trends Water, Population and Land Use 3 Family Structure Analytical Framework Household Structures in the Nationwide Surveys Household Structures and Family in 19 Villages Family Structures in Four Survey Villages 4 Social Economy Social and Economic Structures in Egypt Regional Categorization of Social and Economic Structures Viewing 19 Villages using Basic Indicators Personalities of the 19 Villages Part 2 Rashda in History 5 Formation of Rashda Rashda at the End of the 18th Century Rashda as a Field Rashda as a Settlement Landscape of “Old” Rashda 6 Development of Rashda Independence of Rashda from Qalamun Formation of the “New” Rashda Expansion of the Village Space Column ② Rashda Village Cemetery 7 A Society Based on Water Uncertainty of Water Supply State Intervention in Water Affairs A Society Controlled by Water A Society Based on Water Sharing Part 3 Rashda Today 8 Rashda as a Community Location and Administration Residential Space in Rashda Public Services in Rashda Services Provided by the Villagers 9 Family Structure in Rashda Household Structure in 1861 Household and Family Structure in Rashda in 2005 Families in Rashda across 150 Years Column ③ Family Tree 10 Wells and Irrigation Wells and Springs Development of Wells Water Distribution Column ④ Bir Majnun District 11 Agriculture and Household Economies Agriculture in Household Economies Crop and Livestock Market in Household Economies Part 4 Community in Well No. 3 Irrigation District 12 Irrigation District Categories of Irrigation District Bir Sheykh (Local Well) Irrigation District Investment Well No. 51 District Saada (Surface Spring) District 13 Society of Well No. 3 Irrigation District History of Well No. 3 Irrigation District Irrigation Management System Crop Rotation System 14 Social Relations of Well No. 3 Irrigation District An Irrigation District Formed by Government Policy Family as an Institution of Landholding and Management Agricultural Co-operation between Farmers Conclusion Three Factors for Analysis A Society Embedded in Water Management List of Illustrations Select Bibliography Explanatory Glossary
£129.60
Independently Published DroughtSmart Homestead
£12.09
Independently Published Bassotti Come Animali Domestici Manuale Per I Proprietari Di Bassotto
£13.37
Apple Academic Press Inc. Performance Evaluation of Micro Irrigation
Book SynopsisThis new volume in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation series covers an array of technologies to estimate evapotranspiration and to evaluate parameters that are needed in the management of micro irrigation, with worldwide applicability to irrigation management in agriculture. Topics include recent evapotranspiration research, performance evaluation of filters and emitters, evaluation of fertigation and ground water with treated wastewater effluent, performance of pulse drip irrigated potato under organic agriculture practices in sandy soils, impact of polyethylene mulch on micro irrigated cabbage, and tree injection irrigation. Table of ContentsPrinciples of Micro Irrigation. Recent Evapotranspiration Research in Puerto Rico. Modeling of Evaporation from Bare Soil. Tree Injection Irrigation: Principles, Perspectives, and Problems. Evaluation of Micro Irrigation. Evaluation of Filters and Emitters under Domestic Treated Sewage Water. Evaluation of Drip Irrigation Systems for Water Management in Orchards. Fertigation and Ground Water Quality with Treated Wastewater Effluent. Micro Irrigation Practices in Agricultural Crops. Performance of Pulse Drip Irrigated Potato under Organic Agriculture Practices in Sandy Soils. Impact of Polyethylene Mulch on Micro Irrigated Cabbage. Performance of Garlic under Different Irrigation Systems. Appendixes. Index.
£104.50
Apple Academic Press Inc. Micro Irrigation Management: Technological
Book SynopsisMicro Irrigation Management: Technological Advances and Their Applications, the fifth book in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation book series, is a valuable reference volume on micro irrigation and water management for professional training institutes, technical agricultural centers, irrigation centers, agricultural extension service, and other agencies who work with micro irrigation programs. With an international focus, this new book focuses on applications of solar energy in micro irrigation and other important technological advances. It includes case studies and illustrative examples on drip irrigation design.Table of ContentsEstimations of Evapotranspiration. Reference Evapotranspiration Estimations Using the Penman-Monteith Method: Puerto Rico. Reference Evapotranspiration: Trends and Identification of Its Meteorological Variables in Arid Climate. Evapotranspiration of Woody Landscape Plants. Evaporation and Seepage Losses from Dug-Out Type Farm Ponds. Estimations of Soil Properties. Several Dielectric Mixing Models for Estimating Soil Moisture Content. Inverse Procedure for Estimating Vertically Distributed Soil Hydraulic Parameters Using GPR. Management of Micro Irrigation Systems. The Approach for Translating Meteorological Patterns into Infra-Red Signaling for Variable Dispensation in Crop Irrigation Systems. Solar Photovoltaic Powered Micro Irrigation System in Aerobic Rice Cultivation. Management of Irrigation System: Performance of Egyptian Wheat. Maximizing Profits by Using Different Planting Geometry under Micro Irrigation. Design of Lateral Lines. Field Evaluation of Micro Irrigation Systems. Potential Problems in Drip Irrigation Systems. Emitters: Pressure and Discharge Relationship.
£104.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Soil and Water Management Systems 4 Ed
Book SynopsisAs our society places increasing importance on the management of our natural resources, natural resource managers in both public and private sectors will need to understand the essential elements of soil and water systems.Table of ContentsConservation Management and the Environment. Distance and Area Measurement. Levels and Leveling. Land Surveys and Mapping Systems. Rainfall and Runoff. Soil Erosion by Water. Upland Water Erosion Control. Channel Flow Erosion Control. Wind Erosion and Control Practices. Water Quality and Supply. Surface Water Storage. Surface Drainage and Wetlands. Subsurface Drainage. Soil Water Relations and Evapotranspiration. Irrigation Principles. Surface Irrigation. Sprinkler Irrigation. Microirrigation. Water Measurement. Glossary of Special Terms. Index.
£183.35
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Berg Water Project Communications Practices for Governance and Sustainability Improvement
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£17.05
University of New Mexico Press Water for the People The Acequia Heritage of New
Book SynopsisFeatures twenty-five essays by world-renowned acequia scholars and community members that highlight acequia culture, use, and history in New Mexico, northern Mexico, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Spain, the Middle East, Nepal, and the Philippines, situating New Mexico’s acequia heritage and its inherent sustainable design within a global framework.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionJosé A. Rivera and Enrique R. LamadridBendición del aguaOlivia Ramona RomoI. Acequias of Nuevo MéxicoChapter 1. Río Grande Acequias: Historic Working LandscapesLuis Pablo Martínez Sanmartín, Thomas F. Glick, and José A. RiveraChapter 2. A Bird's-Eye View of Northern New Mexico's AcequiasAlejandro LópezChapter 3. Acequia Waters: Community Resource or Commodity?Paula García and Miguel SantistevanChapter 4. Framing the Spring Ritual of la LimpiaDonatella DavanzoChapter 5. The Waterfall Acequias of the Mora ValleyEnrique R. Lamadrid and Juan Estevan ArellanoChapter 6. Transbasin Diversion in the Forest Wilderness: Oral History Testimony Protects the Acequia BordoJosé A. RiveraChapter 7. Valdez: Acequia, Placita, MercedSylvia RodríguezChapter 8. La Bajada Village's Acequia LandscapesArnold ValdezChapter 9. Cultivating a Sensible Food SystemMiguel SantistevanChapter 10. Acequias as a Sustainable Model for Hydro-EcologyQuita OrtizChapter 11. Conservation in the Conservancy District: Keeping the Valley Green with Acequias and AdaptationYasmeen NajmiII. España y México: Patrimonios AncestralesChapter 12. Valencia and New Mexico's Hermanamiento Ceremony: A Personal PerspectiveDon BustosChapter 13. Safeguarding the Global Cultural Heritage of Community AcequiasLuis Pablo Martínez SanmartínChapter 14. Heritage Acequias of Spain: The Millennial Huerta of Murcia and the Río Segura ValleyArmando J. LamadridChapter 15. El Palmeral de Elche: Acequia Management and Oasis Survival in the Twenty-First CenturyCarlos Ortiz Mayordomo and Lina Gracia i VicenteChapter 16. Bounty of the Columbian ExchangeEnrique R. Lamadrid and Armando J. LamadridChapter 17. Tlaxcala and Aranjuez: Keystone Gardens of the Columbian ExchangeEnrique R. Lamadrid and Armando J. LamadridChapter 18. Valle de Allende and Aldama: Roots of Acequia Culture in Northern MéxicoEnrique R. LamadridIII. Nuevo México y el MundoChapter 19. Land and Water in the Middle East: The Yemen ConnectionJuan Estevan Arellano and Enrique R. LamadridChapter 20. Traditional Communal Irrigation: Historical Lineage from Persia to New MexicoR. Jack MeyersChapter 21. Climate Calamity and High-Mountain Glacier Irrigation in Nepal and PerúArmando J. LamadridChapter 22. The Zanjeras: Community Irrigation in the PhilippinesJosé A. RiveraChapter 23. Acequias of Chile: A Permanent Stronghold in Times of ChangeJosé Luis Arumí and Ovidio Alejandro MeloChapter 24. Looking to the Past for Solutions for the Future: A Comparative Study of the Acequias of Two High-Desert CitiesAndrew BernardEpilogue: In Defense of Water, Agriculture, and PeopleEnrique R. Lamadrid and José A. RiveraContributorsIndex
£23.36
CABI Publishing Agriculture Hydrology and Water Quality
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews on the global problems of diffuse water pollution from agriculture, which affects the water quality of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the oceans. It includes chapters on eutrophication, phosphorus, nitrogen, manure, heavy metals, carbon/persistent organic pollutants and soil/siltation problems. The book is broken down into three parts and reflects the opinions of the world's experts in these subjects.Table of ContentsPart I: Agriculture: Potential sources of water pollution 1.1: Introduction: Agriculture as a potential source of water pollution 1.2: Nitrogen 1.3: Phosphorus 1.4: Manures 1.5: Pesticides and persistent organic pollutants 1.6: Heavy metals 1.7: Human enteric pathogens 1.8: Sediment 1.9: Nutrient balances Part II: Hydrology: The carrier and transport of water pollution 2.1: Introduction: Modelling hydrological and nutrient transport processes 2.2: Hydrological source management of pollutants at the soil profile scale 2.3: Hydrological mobilization of pollutants at the slope/field scale 2.4: Modelling hydrological mobilization of nutrient pollutants at the catchment scale 2.5: Pollutant-sediment interactions: sorption, reactivity and transport of phosphorus 2.6: Quantifying sediment and nutrient pathways within danish agricultural catchments 2.7: Development of geographical information systems for assessing hydrological aspects of diffuse nutrient and sediment transfer from agriculture 2.8: Wetlands as regulators of pollutant transport Part III: Water Quality: Impacts and case studies from around the world 3.1: Introduction: Impacts of agriculture on water quality around the world 3.2: Solutions to nutrient management problems in the chesapeake bay watershed 3.3: Nutrient and pesticide transfer from agricultural soils to water in New Zealand 3.4: Land, water and people: complex interactions in the murrumbidgee river catchment 3.5: Managing the effects of agriculture on water quality in Northern Ireland 3.6: Conflicts and problems with water quality in the upper catchment of the Manyame River 3.7: Dryland salinisation: a challenge for land and water management in the Australian landscape 3.8: Quantifying nutrient limiting conditions in temperate river systems
£153.18
CABI Publishing Water Productivity in Agriculture
Book SynopsisFirst title in a major new seriesAddresses improving water productivity to relieve problems of scarcity and competition to provide for food and environmental securityDraws from scientists having a multitude of disciplines to approach this important problemIn a large number of developing countries, policy makers and researchers are increasingly aware of the conflicting demands on water, and look at agriculture to be more effective in its use of water. Focusing on both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture, this book gives a state of the art review of the limits and opportunities for improving water productivity in crop production. It demonstrates how efficiency of water use can be enhanced to maximize yields. The book represents the first in a new series of volumes resulting from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, a research program conducted by the CGIAR's Future Harvest Centres, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and partners worldwiTable of Contents1: A Water productivity framework for understanding and action, D Molden, H Murray-Rust, ICRISAT, India, R Sakthivadivel, IWMI, India and I Makin, IWMI, Sri Lanka 2: Economics of water productivity in managing water for agriculture, R Barker, D Dawe, IRRI, Philippines and A Inocencio, IWMI, South Africa 3: The concept of efficiency in water resources management and policy, D Seckler, IWMI, USA, D Molden and R Sakthivadivel, IWMI, India 4: Rice production in water-scarce environments, T P Tuong and B A M Bouman, IRRI, Philippines 5: Managing saline and alkaline water for higher productivity, N K Tyagi, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, India 6: Water productivity under saline conditions, J W Kijne 7: Opportunities for increasing water productivity of CGIAR crops through plant breeding and molecular biology, J Bennett, IRRI, Philippines 8: Management of drought in ICRISAT cereal and legume mandate crops, R Serraj, F R Bidinger,Y S Chauhan, ICRISAT, India, N Seetharama, ICAR, India, S N Nigam and N P Saxena, ICRISAT, India 9: Water productivity in rain-fed agriculture: challenges and opportunities for smallholder farmers in drought-prone tropical agro-ecosystems, J Rockström, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, J Barron and P Fox, Stockholm University, Sweden 10: World water productivity: current situation and future options, X Cai and M W Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA 11: Improving water productivity in the dry areas of West Africa and North Africa, T Y Oweis and A Y Hachum, ICARDA, Syria 12: Efficient management of rainwater for increased crop productivity and groundwater recharge in Asia, S P Wani, P Pathak, ICRISAT, India, T K Sreedevi, APARD, India, H P Singh, CRIDA, India and P Singh, ICRISAT, India 13: Water productivity in forestry and agroforestry, C K Ong and B M Swallow, ICRAF, Kenya 14: Water productivity and potato cultivation, W T Bowen, International Fertilizer Development Centre, AL, USA 15: Rice-wheat cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic plains: Issues of water productivity in relation to new resource - conserving technologies, P R Hobbs, Cornell University, USA and R K Gupta, NASC, India 16: Land-and water productivity of wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic plains of India and Pakistan: A comparative analysis, I Hussain, IWMI, Sri Lanka, R Sakthivadive, IIWMI, India and U Amarasinghe, IWMI, Sri Lanka 17: Reform of the Thai Irrigation Sector: Is there scope for increasing water productivity? F Molle, IWMI, Sri Lanka 18: Upscaling water productivity in irrigated agriculture using remote-sensing and GIS technologies, W G M Bastiaanssen, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands, M-ud-D Ahmad and Z Tahir, IWMI, Pakistan 19: Improving water productivity through deficit irrigation: examples from Syria, North China Plain and Oregon, USA, H Zhang, CSIRO, Australia
£119.56
CABI Publishing Irrigation and Drainage Performance Assessment
Book SynopsisEffective irrigation and drainage systems are essential if growing demands for water resources are to be met. For the use of water for irrigation to be improved we must understand current levels of performance. This book draws together the growing body of knowledge on irrigation and drainage performance assessment that has been gained over the last twenty years. It provides guidelines for practitioners to enable them to design and carry out performance assessment and implement performance-based management. Developed by a working group of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) it provides a generic framework for performance assessment with guidance on the theory and practice of how to audit and assess the performance of irrigation and drainage schemes.Trade Review"This concise book represents a comprehensive source of recent information on the assessment of irrigation and drainage performance, a subject of immense importance as the world's water supplies for new irrigation schemes become increasingly scarce and existing schemes are threatened by managerial difficulties and degradation processes". Brennan D Soane, Experimental Agriculture, 42, 2006"Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Framework for performance assessment 3: Performance indicators for irrigation and drainage 4: Operational strategic performance assessment 5: Diagnosing irrigation performance 6: Data management for performance assessment
£81.45
CABI Publishing Managing Water and Agroecosystems for Food
Book SynopsisWater protection, food production and ecosystem health are worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting human wellbeing in many places, while widespread land and ecosystem degradation, driven by poor agricultural practices, is seriously limiting food production. Understanding the links between ecosystems, water, and food production is important to the health of all three, and sustainably managing these connections is becoming increasingly necessary. This book shows how sustainable ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water management and food production.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Drivers and Challenges for Food Security 3: Water-related Ecosystem Services and Food Security 4: Challenges to Agroecosystem Management 5: Water Use in Agroecosystems 6: Drylands 7: Wetlands 8: Increasing Water Productivity in Agriculture 9: Managing Agroecosystem Services 10: Water Management for Ecosystem Health and Food Production 11: Management of Water and Agroecosystems in Landscapes for Sustainable Food Security
£86.94
CABI Publishing Irrigation Management: Principles and Practices
Book SynopsisIn many countries irrigated agriculture consumes a large proportion of the available water resources, often over 70% of the total. There is considerable pressure to release water for other uses, and as a sector irrigated agriculture will have to increase its efficiency and productivity of water use. Drawing on the author's 30 years of experience in some 28 countries, this paperback reprint of a successful book offers knowledge for the management of irrigation and drainage systems, including traditional technical areas of systems operation and maintenance, and expanding managerial, institutional and organizational aspects. Chapters provide guidelines to improve management, operation and maintenance processes, which move management thinking out of traditional public-sector mindsets to a more customer-focussed, performance-oriented service delivery. As a practical guide to improve efficiency and productivity in irrigated agriculture, this book is essential reading for irrigation managers and technicians as well as students and policymakers in water management, agriculture and sustainable development.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Components of Irrigation and Drainage Schemes Chapter 3: Management Chapter 4: Operation of the Main System Chapter 5: Operation of the On-Farm System Chapter 6: Maintenance Chapter 7: Training Chapter 8: Financing Chapter 9: Irrigation Management Transfer and Organizational Restructuring Chapter 10: Performance Assessment
£42.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment
Book SynopsisThe global expansion of irrigated lands during the 20th century and beyond continues to contribute to food production, but also degrades the environment significantly. The consequent search for policy remedies has stimulated a vital body of economic research.The issues addressed in this comprehensive collection of previously published articles include the effects of existing government intervention on the environmental impacts of agriculture, the economic costs and benefits of environmental regulations for agriculture, and the economic and environmental merits of alternative mechanisms for water allocation and water quality protection.In this volume the editors present a sampling of economic research on the interface of irrigated agriculture with the environment. The articles included are by leading researchers in this field and span the topics of nonpoint pollution control, salinity management, and the allocation of water.Trade Review'This book is a very useful collection for those interested in the impact of agriculture on water resources, and on the allocation of water resources within the agricultural system. It pulls together most of the important theoretical papers since the early 1980s on the economics of non-point pollution control. The book also shows how interdisciplinary modelling has improved our understanding of water quality and quantity issues, and how better management of water resources generates real economic benefits. It will be of interest to all economists working in this area, whether academic or professional, as well as to water managers.' -- Nick Hanley, University of Glasgow, UKTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction James S. Shortle and Ronald C. Griffin PART I POLLUTION CONTROL INSTRUMENTS FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE 1. Ronald C. Griffin and Daniel W. Bromley (1982), ‘Agricultural Runoff as a Nonpoint Externality: A Theoretical Development’ 2. James S. Shortle and James W. Dunn (1986), ‘The Relative Efficiency of Agricultural Source Water Pollution Control Policies’ 3. Kathleen Segerson (1988), ‘Uncertainty and Incentives for Nonpoint Pollution Control’ 4. Richard D. Horan, James S. Shortle and David G. Abler (1998), ‘Ambient Taxes When Polluters Have Multiple Choices’ 5. Richard Cabe and Joseph A. Herriges (1992), ‘The Regulation of Non-Point-Source Pollution Under Imperfect and Asymmetric Information’ 6. Scott L. Johnson, Richard M. Adams and Gregory M. Perry (1991), ‘The On-Farm Costs of Reducing Groundwater Pollution’ 7. Gloria E. Helfand and Brett W. House (1995), ‘Regulating Nonpoint Source Pollution Under Heterogeneous Conditions’ 8. Erik Lichtenberg, David Zilberman and Kenneth T. Bogen (1989), ‘Regulating Environmental Health Risks Under Uncertainty: Groundwater Contamination in California’ PART II SALINITY AND WATER ALLOCATION 9. Ariel Dinar, Mark B. Campbell and David Zilberman (1992), ‘Adoption of Improved Irrigation and Drainage Reduction Technologies Under Limiting Environmental Conditions’ 10. J.F. Booker and R.A. Young (1994), ‘Modeling Intrastate and Interstate Markets for Colorado River Water Resources’ 11. Donna J. Lee and Richard E. Howitt (1996), ‘Modeling Regional Agricultural Production and Salinity Control Alternatives for Water Quality Policy Analysis’ 12. Marca Weinberg and Catherine L. Kling (1996), ‘Uncoordinated Agricultural Environmental Policy Making: An Application to Irrigated Agriculture in the West’ PART III WATER REALLOCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT 13. Bonnie G. Colby (1990), ‘Enhancing Instream Flow Benefits in an Era of Water Marketing’ 14. Michael R. Moore, Aimee Mulville and Marca Weinberg (1996), ‘Water Allocation in the American West: Endangered Fish Versus Irrigated Agriculture’ 15. Ronald C. Griffin and Shih-Hsun Hsu (1993), ‘The Potential for Water Market Efficiency When Instream Flows Have Value’ 16. Neal S. Johnson and Richard M. Adams (1988), ‘Benefits of Increased Streamflow: The Case of the John Day River Steelhead Fishery’ 17. David B. Willis, Jose Caldas, Marshall Frasier, Norman K. Whittlesey and Joel R. Hamilton (1998), ‘The Effects of Water Rights and Irrigation Technology on Streamflow Augmentation Cost in the Snake River Basin’ 18. Bruce A. McCarl, Carl R. Dillon, Keith O. Keplinger and R. Lynn Williams (1999), ‘Limiting Pumping from the Edwards Aquifer: An Economic Investigation of Proposals, Water Markets, and Spring Flow Guarantees’ Name Index
£125.00
CABI Publishing Integrated Watershed Management: Connecting
Book SynopsisAs human populations expand and demands upon natural resources increase, the need to manage the environments in which people live becomes more important but also more difficult. Land and water management is especially critical as the use of upstream watersheds can drastically affect large numbers of people living in downstream watersheds. An integrated approach that stresses both the importance of participatory planning and the institutional and technical constraints and opportunities is therefore necessary. The institutional and technical context for managing watersheds and river basins, including the involvement of both the public and private sectors, is also examined.Table of Contents1: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 2: LAND USE, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, AND CUMULATIVE EFFECTS 3: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT 4: PLANNING AND POLICY MAKING 5: HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE 7: RESEARCH, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 8: ADAPTIVE, INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATERSHEDS: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
£42.99
CABI Publishing Conserving Land, Protecting Water
Book SynopsisThe degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to alleviate this problem an advanced understanding of the state of our resources and the process of degradation is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.Table of ContentsPart 1: Land and Water Degradation: Assessment and Issues 1.1: Learning from bright spots to enhance food security and to combat degradation of water and land resources. 1.2: Land degradation and water productivity in agricultural landscapes. 1.3: Land Degradation, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder farmers in Makanya catachment, Tanzania. 1.4: Political ecologies of bright spots 1.5: Large scale fluxes of crop nutrients in food cause environmental problems at the sources and at sinks 1.6: Carbon sequestration, land degradation and water Part 2: Towards Better Land and Water Management 2.1: Local Innovation in ‘Green Water’ Management 2.2: Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa 2.3: Safeguarding water resources by making the land greener: knowledge management through WOCAT 2.4: Bright basins - do many bright spots make a basin shine? 2.5: The influence of plant cover structures on water fluxes in agricultural landscapes 2.6: Investments in collective capacity and social capital Part 3: ‘ Bright Spots’ 3.1: ‘Bright spots’: Pathways to ensuring food security and environmental integrity 3.2: Ecosystem benefits of ‘Bright Spots’
£98.68
