Asian irrigation in transition; responding to challenges.0761933506 Asian irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. in transition; responding to challenges. Ed. by Ganesh P. Shivakoti et al. Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 2005 528 pages $75.00 Hardcover HD1741 Engineers and managers of irrigation systems; agriculture and hydrology hydrology, study of water and its properties, including its distribution and movement in and through the land areas of the earth. The hydrologic cycle consists of the passage of water from the oceans into the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration (or scientists; and contributors from economics, sociology, politics, and similar fields describe the transition in irrigation bureaucracies and communities throughout Asia. They cover general perspectives on transition, responses to competition for resources, institutional reforms and new partnerships, markets and economic productivity of irrigated agriculture, and synthesis and strategic responses. One conclusion that emerges is that the contexts in which irrigation management now occurs are changing more rapidly than the irrigation sector itself. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR) |
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