This presentation examines the costs and benefits of laser land leveling in Southeast Pakistan and Northwest India. It discusses the investment model that supports adoption of the technology at the farm level. The use of optical sensors to monitor the normalized difference vegetation index for individual crops is also explored.

The challenge of irrigated agriculture in this century is to reduce environmental damage, increase ecosystem services, and enhance water and land productivity in irrigated systems. Netafim’s advanced drip irrigation systems, together with its proven agronomic and application know-how, offer farmers complete solutions that enhance productivity and increase output, while using less water and resources.

The challenge of irrigated agriculture in this century is to reduce environmental damage, increase ecosystem services, and enhance water and land productivity in irrigated systems. Netafim’s advanced drip irrigation systems, together with its proven agronomic and application know-how, offer farmers complete solutions that enhance productivity and increase output, while using less water and resources.

Asia faces physical and economic water scarcities on rice irrigation by 2025. Jain Irrigation, working towards food security through water and energy securities, proposes an innovative method of irrigating rice crop. This paper discusses the experimental trials and farmer demonstrations to commercialize a package of technology for growing rice.

Asia faces physical and economic water scarcities on rice irrigation by 2025. Jain Irrigation, working towards food security through water and energy securities, proposes an innovative method of irrigating rice crop. This presentation features the experimental trials and farmer demonstrations to commercialize a package of technology for growing rice.

The World Bank’s policy on cost recovery in irrigation projects some forty years ago was founded on the principles of economic efficiency, income distribution, and public savings. Over this extended period, however, it may be observed that the principles are virtually unchanged, while the terminologies became a little more complicated and refined.

This paper discusses the result of an assessment and analysis of the impacts/outcome of the implementation of government decree no. 115/CP-2008 in Viet Nam. The decree abolishes the irrigation service fee payments on management and exploitation of irrigation systems, and on the quality of irrigation service to farmers’ agriculture production.

This presentation discusses the result of an assessment and analysis of the impacts/outcome of the implementation of government decree no. 115/CP-2008 in Viet Nam. The decree abolishes the irrigation service fee payments on management and exploitation of irrigation systems, and on the quality of irrigation service to farmers’ agriculture production.

Water discussions require the use of terminologies that will work across all other water sectors. Rewriting the “adequate, equitable, reliable” mantra to “defined and transparent” just might offer irrigation agencies a hope of meeting their performance targets, and farmers the potential to better utilize scarce and unreliable supplies.