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Using datasets from the Internet for hydrological modeling: an example from the Kucuk Menderes Basin, Turkey
Public domain datasets are freely available on the Internet are easy to obtain, and often more up-to-date than those from local sources. This simplifies the modeling process and increases the ability to model basins anywhere in the world, from anywhere with Internet access. Although not all types of data are available, and some conversions may be needed, the information provided does allow for quick and easy simulations of basins. The Semi-Distributed Land-Use Runoff Process (SLURP) hydrological model has been designed to take advantage of such data sources.
Value chain analysis: Shrimp, prawn and tilapia from the southern region of Bangladesh and feasibility analysis: Brackish water sea-bass in the southern region in Bangladesh
The WorldFish Center is implementing the FtF Aquaculture Project in 20 southern districts in Bangladesh. The project is implemented under USAID’s Feed the Future initiative in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh.
Use of computer-operated models as decision-support tools in operation and management of irrigation systems: Sri Lankan experience. Proceedings of the Workshop on the Use of Computer-Operated Models as Decision-Support Tools in Operation and Management...
Summaries of papers of a workshop which was organized with the objective of reviewing and comparing experiences in the application of computerized decision support tools to improve the performance of water management in irrigation systems of Sri Lanka.
Utilisation des Eaux de Pluie en Culture Pluviale: Association Arboriculture Fruitiere et Culture Cerealiere dan le Kenedougou (Ouest du Burkina Faso)
L’agriculture contribue à environ 40 % du PIB et assure emplois et revenus à 86 % des Burkinabé. La forte dépendance des populations rurales vis-à-vis de l’agriculture non irriguée, accentue leur vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques. Cette situation a entraîné des stratégies d’adaptations chez certaines populations rurales, orientées plus vers de nouvelles pratiques culturales au détriment des cultures de rente sous pluies. L’association entre la culture céréalière et celle des arbres est un moyen potentiel pour une bonne gestion des terres agricoles.
Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India
More than 1 million hectares of urban land in India could be irrigated for crops if wastewater was made safe for use. Lack of systematic data collection by municipalities makes it difficult to accurately assess the wastewater generation or estimate the total amount of urban area under wastewater irrigation, so the potential of urban and peri-urban farming could be even greater.
Using remote sensing techniques to evaluate lining efficacy of watercourses
Studies the low-cost alternative strategy of selective lining of watercourses to reduce seepage and increase irrigated areas in the Indian subcontinent. Satellite remote-sensing (SRS) is seen as a cost-effective evaluation tool in view of its large area of synoptic and repetitive coverage.
Value chain commodity development approaches to improve water utilization: IPMS experience
Use of decision support systems to improve dam planning and dam operation in Africa.
After a hiatus in dam investment, through the 1990s and the early part of this century, construction of large dams is increasing again. Modern decision support systems can usefully input to this process by guiding the analysis of complicated hydrological, environmental, social and economic factors associated with water allocation and assessing the impact of different, often conflicting, management options both in planning and operation of dams. This publication highlights the constructive role that decision support systems can play in planning and operation of dams.
V1: Targeting and Scaling Out
Numerous pilot studies and case studies in the Volta Basin have evaluated practices, methods, and tools that could prove beneficial to others, both within the basin and outside of it. However, the question whether an intervention successfully applied in one location has a reasonable chance of success at any other location remains extremely difficult to answer.
Urban wastewater reuse for crop production in the water-short Guanajuato River Basin, Mexico
From a river-basin perspective, wastewater irrigation is an important form of water and nutrient reuse; however, there are important water quality, environmental, and public health considerations. This report explores the advantages and risks of urban wastewater reuse for crop production in the water-short Guanajuato river-basin in west-central Mexico, and then by a selective literature review demonstrates how common this practice is worldwide.