The present study argues that there are heterogeneous farm systems within the drylands and each farmsystem is unique in terms of its livelihood asset and agricultural practice, and therefore in sustainability.Our method is based on household survey data collected from 500 farmers in Anantapur and...
Haileslassie, Amare
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Thiagarajah, R.
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Kumar, S.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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Rathor, A.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Ericsson, P.
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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[Empirical evaluation of sustainability of divergent farms in the dryland farming systems of India]
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Empirical evaluation of sustainability of divergent farms in the dryland farming systems of India
Most cities in developing countries fail to treat their wastewater comprehensively. Consequently, farmers downstream use poor-quality water for irrigation. This practice implies risks for farmers, consumers and the environment. Conversely, this water supply supports the livelihood of these farmer...
Saldias, C.
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Speelman, S.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Huylenbroeck, G. van
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[A livelihood in a risky environment: farmers’ preferences for irrigation with wastewater in Hyderabad, India]
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A livelihood in a risky environment: farmers’ preferences for irrigation with wastewater in Hyderabad, India
Several irrigation water delivery methods are in practice in irrigated agriculture throughout the world, and a variety of classifications have been suggested by different researchers. Demand, arranged-demand, and rotation are the three main types of irrigation schedules/delivery methods. Irrigati...
Anwar, Arif A.
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Haq, Z.U.
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[Arranged-demand irrigation scheduling with nonidentical discharges]
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Arranged-demand irrigation scheduling with nonidentical discharges
While hydrological science has made great strides forward during the last 50 years with the advance of computing power and availability of satellite images, much is unknown about the sustainable development of water for irrigation, domestic use, and livestock consumption for millions of household...
Maintaining indigenous nutrient supply and positive nutrient balances are key factors in sustaining rice yields. Irrigation systems act as conveyers for water, sediments and nutrients throughout landscapes, especially in mountainous, cultivated tropical areas where erosivity is usually high. Cont...
Slaets, J.I.F.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Hilger, T.
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Hue, D.T.T.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Vien, T.D.
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Cadisch, Georg
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[Sediment-associated organic carbon and nitrogen inputs from erosion and irrigation to rice fields in a mountainous watershed in Northwest Vietnam]
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Sediment-associated organic carbon and nitrogen inputs from erosion and irrigation to rice fields in a mountainous watershed in Northwest Vietnam
Composite agricultural systems with permanent maize cultivation in the uplands and irrigated rice in the valleys are very common in mountainous southeast Asia. The soil loss and fertility decline of the upland fields is well documented, but little is known about reallocation of these sediments wi...
Slaets, J.I.F.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Hilger, T.
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Vien, T.D.
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Cadisch, Georg
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[Sediment trap efficiency of paddy fields at the watershed scale in a mountainous catchment in northwest Vietnam]
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Sediment trap efficiency of paddy fields at the watershed scale in a mountainous catchment in northwest Vietnam
Conducting rigorous evaluations of whether the process of creating new institutions affects their performance of mandated duties presents several challenges. Not only is assignment to process often not random, but when the process of creating new institutions starts, outcomes and other performanc...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Price, Joseph P.G.
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Horbulyk, Theodore M.
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[Impacts assessments without true baselines: assessing the relative effects of training on the performance of water user associations in southern Tajikistan]
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Impacts assessments without true baselines: assessing the relative effects of training on the performance of water user associations in southern Tajikistan
This article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, e...
Mendez-Barrientos, L.E.
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Kemerink, J.S.
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Wester, P.
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Molle, Francois
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[Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform]
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Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform
Assefa, S.
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Biazin, B.
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Muluneh, A.
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Yimer, F.
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Haileslassie, Amare
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[Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation of onions in the southern dry lands of Ethiopia]
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Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation of onions in the southern dry lands of Ethiopia
Canal irrigation and the way it has been managed continue to be at the central stage of irrigation development debates. This article looks at Irrigation Management Transfer policy processes in the seven interconnected irrigation systems in Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. It ...
Suhardiman, Diana
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[Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?]
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Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?