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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| author | Hoek, Wim van der Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy Renshaw, M. Silver, J.B. Birley, M.H. Konradsen, Flemming |
| author_browse | Birley, M.H. Hoek, Wim van der Konradsen, Flemming Renshaw, M. Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy Silver, J.B. |
| author_facet | Hoek, Wim van der Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy Renshaw, M. Silver, J.B. Birley, M.H. Konradsen, Flemming |
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| description | 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, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries. |
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| spelling | CGSpace398342025-11-07T08:44:49Z Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? Hoek, Wim van der Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy Renshaw, M. Silver, J.B. Birley, M.H. Konradsen, Flemming water management water scarcity water use efficiency water conservation irrigated farming waterborne diseases rice malaria disease vectors productivity flood irrigation environmental control climate 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, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries. 2001 2014-06-13T14:29:30Z 2014-06-13T14:29:30Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39834 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute van der Hoek, W.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Renshaw, M.; Silver, J. B.; Birley, M. H.; Konradsen, F. 2001. Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 30p. (IWMI Research Report 047) |
| spellingShingle | water management water scarcity water use efficiency water conservation irrigated farming waterborne diseases rice malaria disease vectors productivity flood irrigation environmental control climate Hoek, Wim van der Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy Renshaw, M. Silver, J.B. Birley, M.H. Konradsen, Flemming Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? |
| title | Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? |
| title_full | Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? |
| title_fullStr | Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? |
| title_short | Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? |
| title_sort | alternate wet dry irrigation in rice cultivation a practical way to save water and control malaria and japanese encephalitis |
| topic | water management water scarcity water use efficiency water conservation irrigated farming waterborne diseases rice malaria disease vectors productivity flood irrigation environmental control climate |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39834 |
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