Structure and Performance of Western Irrigated Agriculture
Author : Charles V. Moore
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Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Farms, Size of
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Author : Charles V. Moore
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Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Farms, Size of
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Author : Charles V. Moore
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Page : 504 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Agriculture
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309179254
This report contains a collection of papers from a workshopâ€"Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resources for Agricultural Production, held in Tunisia. Participants, including scientists, decision makers, representatives of non-profit organizations, and a farmer, came from the United States and several countries in North Africa and the Middle East. The papers examined constraints to agricultural production as it relates to water scarcity; focusing on 1) the state of the science regarding water management for agricultural purposes in the Middle East and North Africa 2) how science can be applied to better manage existing water supplies to optimize the domestic production of food and fiber. The cross-cutting themes of the workshop were the elements or principles of science-based decision making, the role of the scientific community in ensuring that science is an integral part of the decision making process, and ways to improve communications between scientists and decision makers.
Author : Arne Hallam
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000239640
Presents the latest findings on past changes in structure, the factors that lead to structural change, its effect on societal welfare and what will happen to the structure of agriculture in the years ahead. The book provides insights on issues such as the family farm, the industrialization of agriculture and the impact of agricultural technology on the environment.
Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251046272
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
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Page : 274 pages
File Size : 34,91 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fish habitat improvement
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Page : 658 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 758 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Ariel Dinar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 15,24 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1461540283
Jan van Schilfgaarde, USDA Agricultural Research Service and National Research Council Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems In 1982, a startling discovery was made. Many waterbirds in Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge were dying or suffering reproductive failure. Located in the San Joaquin Valley (Valley) of California, the Kesterson Reservoir (Kesterson) was used to store agricultural drainage water and it was soon determined that the probable cause of the damage to wildlife was high concen trations of selenium, derived from the water and water organisms in the reservoir. This discovery drastically changed numerous aspects of water management in California, and especially affected irrigated agriculture. In fact, the repercussions spilled over to much of the Western United States. For a century, water development for irrigation has been a religiously pursued means for economic development of the West. The primary objective of the Reclamation Act of 1902 was, purportedly, the development ofirrigation water to support family farms which, in turn, would enhance the regional economy (Worster, 1985).