Irrigation and drainage performance assessment; practical guidelines.0851999670 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. and drainage performance assessment; practical guidelines. Bos, Marinus Gijsberthus et al. CABI CABI Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (UK) CABI Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (UK) CABI Colorado Association of Business Intermediaries CABI California Birth Index Publishing 2005 158 pages $75.00 Hardcover TC805 According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. authors Bos (International Institute for Land Reclamation Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state (such as after pollution or salination have made it unusable). and Improvement, the Netherlands) and Molden (International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. ), performance assessment of irrigation and drainage is "the systematic observation, documentation and interpretation of the management of an irrigation and drainage system, with the objective of ensuring that the input of resources, operational schedules, intended outputs and required actions proceed as planned." After more fully explaining the concept, they present a general framework for performance assessment. Covering operational, strategic, and diagnostic aspects of the concept, they then define and discuss recommended indicators covering the water balance, the environment, and the economic aspects of irrigation and drainage systems. They conclude with an exploration of related aspects of data management and communication. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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