Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis?

More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, wate...

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Main Authors:	Hoek, Wim van der, Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Renshaw, M., Silver, J.B., Birley, M.H., Konradsen, Flemming
Format:	Informe técnico
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Water Management Institute 2001
Subjects:	water management water scarcity water use efficiency water conservation irrigated farming waterborne diseases rice malaria disease vectors productivity flood irrigation environmental control climate
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39834