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 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.
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[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]
This module is about water resources, their complex relationship with the environment and the economy and the growing problem of water scarcity and the various options that exist to deal with this problem. The module examines how water is allocated between various competing demands and explores t...
This unit provides an introduction to the key characteristics of fisheries and aquaculture and the distinctions between them. It looks at their significance in farming systems and the water requirements involved. It proceeds to discuss the methods and tools available to assess water requirements ...
This module is about water resources, their complex relationship with the environment and the economy and the growing problem of water scarcity and the various options that exist to deal with this problem. The module examines how water is allocated between various competing demands and explores t...
This module is about water resources, their complex relationship with the environment and the economy and the growing problem of water scarcity and the various options that exist to deal with this problem. The module examines how water is allocated between various competing demands and explores t...
This module is about water resources, their complex relationship with the environment and the economy and the growing problem of water scarcity and the various options that exist to deal with this problem. The module examines how water is allocated between various competing demands and explores t...