Unlocking the Water Potential of Agriculture
ISBN: 9789251049112 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All statistical evidence confirms that agriculture is the key sector for water management, now and in the next decades. Nevertheless, the rural water development sector fails at present to get priority, compared to other competing sectors, in international fora. Strong and new arguments are needed to bring rural water back "on line." Agriculture policies and investments will need to become more strategic. They will have to unlock the potential of agricultural water management practices to raise productivity, spread equitable access to water, and conserve the natural productivity of water...
All statistical evidence confirms that agriculture is the key sector for water management, now and in the next decades. Nevertheless, the rural water ...
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74,56 zł |
Fundamentals of Irrigation and On-Farm Water Management: Volume 1
ISBN: 9781441963345 / Angielski / Twarda / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agriculture is one of the few industries that has been creating resources conti- ously from nature. Sustainability of this industry is a crucial issue at now-a-days. Agricultural technologies are important to feed the growing world population. Agricultural engineering has been applying scienti?c principles for the optimal use of natural resources in agricultural production for the bene't of humankind. The role of agricultural engineering is increasing in the coming days at the forthcoming challenges of producing more food with less water coupled with climate uncertainty. I am happy to know...
Agriculture is one of the few industries that has been creating resources conti- ously from nature. Sustainability of this industry is a crucial issue...
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778,22 zł |
Run-Off Under Sprinkler Irrigation: Affecting Factors & Control Practices
ISBN: 9781616685966 / Angielski / Miękka / 53 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sprinkler irrigation systems are among the most popular and used irrigation systems in the world, and the trend is to an increase in their use. This book highlights solutions that must be adopted in order to address the technical and economic aspects of runoff.
Sprinkler irrigation systems are among the most popular and used irrigation systems in the world, and the trend is to an increase in their use. This b...
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314,74 zł |
Canal Irrigation in Prehistoric Mexico: The Sequence of Technological Change
ISBN: 9780292729537 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prehistoric farmers in Mexico invented irrigation, developed it into a science, and used it widely. Indeed, many of the canal systems still in use in Mexico today were originally begun well before the discovery of the New World. In this comprehensive study, William E. Doolittle synthesizes and extensively analyzes all that is currently known about the development and use of irrigation technology in prehistoric Mexico from about 1200 B.C. until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century A.D. Unlike authors of previous studies who have focused on the political, economic, and social... Prehistoric farmers in Mexico invented irrigation, developed it into a science, and used it widely. Indeed, many of the canal systems still in use ... |
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111,65 zł |
Performance Evaluation of Micro Irrigation Management: Principles and Practices
ISBN: 9781771883207 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 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... This new volume in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation series covers an array of technologies to estimate evapotranspiration ... |
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558,51 zł |
Irrigation Systems: Design, Planning and Construction
ISBN: 9781845938741 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Of all the confrontations man has engineered with nature, irrigation systems have had the most widespread and far-reaching impact on the natural environment. Over a quarter of a billion hectares of the planet are irrigated and entire countries depend on irrigation for their survival and existence. Considering the importance of irrigation schemes, it is unfortunate that until recently the technology and principles of design applied to their construction has hardly changed in 4,000 years. Modern thinking on irrigation engineering has benefited from a cross-fertilization of ideas from many other...
Of all the confrontations man has engineered with nature, irrigation systems have had the most widespread and far-reaching impact on the natural envir...
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247,99 zł |
Land of the Underground Rain: Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1910-1970
ISBN: 9780292746299 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The scarcity of surface water which has so marked the Great Plains is even more characteristic of its subdivision, the Texas High Plains. Settlers on the plateau were forced to use pump technology to tap the vast ground water resources--the underground rain--beneath its flat surface. The evolution from windmills to the modern high-speed irrigation pumps took place over several decades. Three phases characterized the movement toward irrigation. In the period from 1910 to 1920, large-volume pumping plants first appeared in the region, but, due to national and regional circumstances,... The scarcity of surface water which has so marked the Great Plains is even more characteristic of its subdivision, the Texas High Plains. Settlers ... |
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142,12 zł |
The Weir Direct-Acting Feed Pump - Working Instructions
ISBN: 9781447439028 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This antiquarian book contains complete working instructions for the Weir Direct-Acting Feed Pump. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations, this wonderful text will be of much value to those with an interest in this iconic piece of machinery. It is certainly not to be missed by discerning collectors of antiquarian engineering literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing this text, now in an affordable modern edition.
This antiquarian book contains complete working instructions for the Weir Direct-Acting Feed Pump. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions and...
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81,72 zł |
The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus: Lessons from India for Development
ISBN: 9780415733038 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required. This "nexus" is now the focus of major attention by researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. In this book, the authors show how these issues are being addressed in India as part of its economic development, and how these can provide lessons for other developing nations. They address the conflicting claims of water resources for irrigation and hydropower, where both are scarce at the...
It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water mana...
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736,21 zł |
Where Water Seeps! : Towards a New Phase in India's Irrigation Reforms
ISBN: 9788171884216 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History of irrigation reforms in India dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. A number of studies have addressed to the need and process of reforms but these largely ended with two rhythmic suggestions involving pricing of irrigation water and participatory management of the sources of irrigation. It is startling to note that most of these solutions are a century old. The authors have provided evidence that these reform solutions began from the very First Irrigation Commission Report of 1903, and continued thereafter, reappearing periodically almost after every two decades albeit...
History of irrigation reforms in India dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. A number of studies have addressed to the need and process of ...
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165,42 zł |
Improving Irrigation in Asia: Sustainable Performance of an Innovative Intervention in Nepal
ISBN: 9781849801447 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of interventions, and explicates lessons for resource management and the management of development assistance. In 1985, the Water and Energy Commission Secretariat of Nepal and the International Irrigation Management Institute developed an ingenious intervention program for nineteen irrigation systems located in the middle hills of Nepal in an attempt to overcome the...
Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation syst...
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438,25 zł |
Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies
ISBN: 9780415624077 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural resource base comprising land and water supporting agricultural production is not only under enormous stress, but also complex and not amenable to a uniform strategy. It critically reviews issues which continue to dominate the debate on water management for agricultural and food production. The book examines the validity of the claim that large water resources projects cause serious social and... This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast d... |
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Management of Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation
ISBN: 9781926895123 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This important book - the only complete, one-stop manual on microirrigation worldwide - offers knowledge and techniques necessary to develop and manage a drip/trickle or micro irrigation system. The simplicity of the contents facilitates a technician to develop an effective micro irrigation system. "Management of Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation" includes the basic considerations relating to soil-water-plant interactions, with topics such as methods for soil moisture measurement; evapotranspiration; irrigation systems; tensiometer use and installation; principles of drip/micro/trickle...
This important book - the only complete, one-stop manual on microirrigation worldwide - offers knowledge and techniques necessary to develop and manag...
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Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9780415537735 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on farmers' fields - water harvesting. This book defines water harvesting as a set of approaches which occupy an intermediate position along the water-management spectrum extending from in situ moisture conservation to irrigated agriculture. They generally comprise small-scale systems that induce, collect, store...
Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, he...
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660,05 zł |
Irrigation in Central Asia in Figures : AQUASTAT Survey 2012
ISBN: 9789251076606 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report presents the results of the most recent survey carried out in the six countries of the Central Asia region, and it analyzes the changes that have occurred in the ten years since the first survey.
Following the AQUASTAT methodology, the survey relied as much as possible on country-based statistics and information. The report consists of three sections. Section I describes in detail the methodology used and contains a glossary of the terms used. Section II contains the regional analysis presenting a synopsis on water resources, water use and irrigation in the region and... This report presents the results of the most recent survey carried out in the six countries of the Central Asia region, and it analyzes the changes th...
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234,90 zł |
Irrigation Systems Engineering
ISBN: 9789380235387 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is designed to guide students from a basic knowledge of soil, mathematics, hydrologic and hydraulics to the state-of-the-art irrigation system design and management. Since major and medium irrigation projects are too costly and at the same time are not eco-friendly, the major thrust of research is now being imparted on low cost and easy to construct farm irrigation structures. The primary aim of the book is to design an optimum size small scale water harvesting structure which is the farm pond mostly used by the farmers in the farms. My goal is to present the principles and concepts of...
It is designed to guide students from a basic knowledge of soil, mathematics, hydrologic and hydraulics to the state-of-the-art irrigation system desi...
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442,46 zł |
Irrigation Management, Technologies & Environmental Impact
ISBN: 9781624178627 / Angielski / Twarda / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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990,01 zł |
Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9780415537865 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on farmers' fields - water harvesting. This book defines water harvesting as a set of approaches which occupy an intermediate position along the water-management spectrum extending from in situ moisture conservation to irrigated agriculture. They generally comprise small-scale systems that induce, collect, store...
Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, he...
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238,58 zł |
Water for Food Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
ISBN: 9781844073962 / Angielski / Miękka / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive assessment of the world's water critically evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture, charting the way forward with concrete actions from management to policy level across all countries and territories.
This comprehensive assessment of the world's water critically evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture, charting the way...
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319,82 zł |
Crop Yield Response to Deficit Irrigation: Report of an Fao/IAEA Co-Ordinated Research Program by Using Nuclear Techniques
ISBN: 9789401059961 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increasing global demand for food and other agricultural products calls for urgent measures to increase water use efficiency which is, with plant nutrient availability, one of the two main limiting factors in crop production. Although only 20% of all cultivated land in the world is under irrigation, it provides 35-40% of all crop production. Because of higher yields under irrigated agriculture, investments for irrigation are usually a top priority. However, it has become a matter of serious concern in recent years that, despite their high co~ts, the performance of many irrigation projects...
The increasing global demand for food and other agricultural products calls for urgent measures to increase water use efficiency which is, with plant ...
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583,65 zł |