This unit is concerned with key concepts of assessment and management at scales from the water user to the river basin. The first section outlines the various scales of assessment of water resources and discusses the relationship between the various scales. Section 2 focuses in on the river basin...
Fraiture, Charlotte de
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David, S.
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Smith, L.
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Varma, Samyuktha
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[Unit two - Key concepts: assessment and management from basin to user. [Training/Course material]]
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Unit two - Key concepts: assessment and management from basin to user. [Training/Course material]
This module is about water resources management. It is therefore necessary to understand what water resources are. This unit provides a general introduction to the terms and concepts that help us to understand water resources and their various forms and movements through our systems. What is the ...
Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Manning-Thomas, Nadia
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David, S.
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[Unit one - Water resources and scarcity. [Training/Course material]]
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Unit one - Water resources and scarcity. [Training/Course material]
This unit provides an introduction to some of the key elements of the role and importance of water resources in smallholder agriculture. The first section introduces the basic concepts at the farm level by looking at farm productivity and the role of men and women which is essential in understand...
David, S.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Atapattu, Sithara S.
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Smith, L.
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[Unit six - Water use in agriculture: small-scale irrigation and rainwater harvesting. [Training/Course material]]
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Unit six - Water use in agriculture: small-scale irrigation and rainwater harvesting. [Training/Course material]
This unit provides an introduction to large-scale and formal irrigation systems. The first section introduces large-scale irrigation systems and looks at their role in poverty alleviation. The section analyses the positive and negative implications in the context of social, economic and environme...
David, S.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Atapattu, Sithara S.
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Smith, L.
,
[Unit seven - Water use in agriculture: large-scale irrigation. [Training/Course material]]
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Unit seven - Water use in agriculture: large-scale irrigation. [Training/Course material]