Prospects for productive use of saline water in West Asia and North Africa

Prospects for productive use of saline water in West Asia and North Africa
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2006
Genre: Agricultural productivity
ISBN: 9290906308

This study of the potential to use saline water for irrigation in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Tunisia concludes that it is technically feasible but its economic viability remains to be established. Expert opinion suggests that saline irrigated agriculture is most likely to succeed in the West Asia/North Africa region as a complement to small-scale mixed livestock and cropping farming systems. Precise quantification of the available saline water resources is not possible because of the lack of hard data. As a result, precise quantification of the likely impact of introducing saline irrigated agriculture on poverty alleviation and food security is also impossible, although anecdotal evidence suggests that this would be positive. The report argues that the environmental effects of saline irrigated agriculture--both positive and negative--need to be integrated into policies and decisions on the use of saline water. Uses other than agricultural (for example, amenity uses, industrial, landscaping, carbon sequestration or biomass production for energy) also need to be considered, and may be more socially and economically beneficial.

More Crop Per Drop

More Crop Per Drop
Author: Meredith Giordano
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1843391120

This volume is an analytical summary and a critical synthesis of research at the International Water Management Institute over the past decade under its evolving research paradigm known popularly as 'more crop per drop'. The research synthesized here covers the full range of issues falling in the larger canvas of water-food-health-environment interface. Besides its immediate role in sharing knowledge with the research, donor, and policy communities, this volume also has a larger purpose of promoting a new way of looking at the water issues within the broader development context of food, livelihood, health and environmental challenges. More crop per drop: Revisiting a research paradigm contrasts the acquired wisdom and fresh thinking on some of the most challenging water issues of our times. It describes new tools, approaches, and methodologies and also illustrates them with practical application both from a global perspective and within the local and regional contexts of Asia and Africa. Since this volume brings together all major research works of IWMI, including an almost exhaustive list of citations, in one single set of pages, it is very valuable not only as a reference material for researchers and students but also as a policy tool for decision-makers and development agencies.

Expanding the Frontiers of Irrigation Management Research

Expanding the Frontiers of Irrigation Management Research
Author: Douglas J. Merrey
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1997
Genre: Irrigation
ISBN: 9290903465

Research results: performances assessment; Research results: design and operation of irrigation systems; Research results: policy, institutions, and management; Research results: health and environment; Training and institutional strengthening; Conclusions: outputs, impacts, and future directions.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 860
Release: 1995
Genre: Agroforestry
ISBN:

9789290908487

9789290908487
Author: Giordano, Meredith
Publisher: Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9290908483