Research and development for sustainable irrigation management

This paper seeks to provide guidelines to governments planning to undertake research and development programmes aimed at finding ways to manage irrigation systems in a sustainable way. After describing the challenges affecting irrigated agriculture at the present time, the paper presents two example...

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Main Author: Lenton, R.L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41472
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Summary:This paper seeks to provide guidelines to governments planning to undertake research and development programmes aimed at finding ways to manage irrigation systems in a sustainable way. After describing the challenges affecting irrigated agriculture at the present time, the paper presents two examples of action-oriented research projects, from which some preliminary principles for effective irrigation management research and development are derived.