Irrigation
Irrigation is the artificial process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to assist in production of crops. Irrigation helps to grow agricultural crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of less than average rainfall. Irrigation also has other uses in crop production, including frost protection, suppressing weed growth in grain fields and preventing soil consolidation. In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is referred to as rain-fed. Irrigation systems are also used for cooling livestock, dust suppression, disposal of sewage, and in mining. Irrigation is often studied together with drainage, …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 1 April 2024 English
This report presents the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of a proposed transport and building infrastructure development on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to promote close and mutually beneficial trade …
632,364 Irrigation water expenditure (outdoor) 3,423,845 3,423,845 Cllmate impacts on irrigation water …
Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 1 April 2024 English
(Government of Alberta, 2003). [...] Given the significant changes in the basin since 2015 (e.g., irrigation district expansions, water f 23 Adaptation Roadmap for the SSRB: Assessment of Strategic Water …
Alberta Irrigation Districts Association Adaptation Roadmap for the SSRB: Assessment of Strategic Water … ................................... 25 2.4.1 Irrigation Demand Model updates ....................... … ............. 147 3.2.1 Municipal growth and irrigation expansion stress test performance .......... … Agriculture and Irrigation AIDA – Alberta Irrigation District Association AIM – Alberta Irrigation Modernization … Modernization BRID – Bow River Irrigation District BROM – Bow River Operational Model BTAP – Blood Tribe Agricultural …
AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 31 March 2024 English
The success of the Quebec pilot, combined with the identified need across the agriculture sector for more training opportunities for women led to the expansion of the program Canada-wide and …
and services, such as wells, and solar pumped irrigation systems. Supported by the Global Environment …
Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 28 March 2024 English
This report provides a brief overview of the SROI methodology, project approach, the objectives and activities of the options, and the key findings and assumptions made when completing the analysis. …
Upstream Bow • Waterton – St. Mary’s Canal • Western Irrigation District (WID) Off-stream Storage Most of the … support growth through increased agricultural irrigation, supporting municipal growth, and enhancing environmental … Number Municipalities 11 Government of Alberta 10 Irrigation Districts and 7 W PACs NGO 7 Indigenous 3 Industry … others such as economic development authorities, irrigation districts, utilities and power generation, and … in this category. From a policy perspective, Irrigation Districts are also local governance. Recreational …
Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 28 March 2024
Alberta Irrigation Districts Association • Bow River Irrigation District • Canada’s. [...] Mary River Irrigation District • Town of Strathmore • United Irrigation District • Western Irrigation District … Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation Clayton Weiss Jennifer Nitschelm Jollin Charest Paul Elser Carlin Soehn Alberta Environment and Protected Areas Emily. [...] Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) Colin … Strathmore Ethan Wilson TransAlta Utilities Scott Taylor Trout Unlimited Canada Lesley Peterson United Irrigation District (UID) Fred Rice Wes. …
Alberta Innovates • Alberta Irrigation Districts Association • Bow River Irrigation District • Canada’s Premier … Agriculture and Irrigation • City of Calgary • City of Lethbridge • Eastern Irrigation District • International … Sustainable Development (IISD) • Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District • Nutrien • Palliser Economic Partnership … River Irrigation District • Town of Strathmore • United Irrigation District • Western Irrigation District … Representative(s) Andrea Gonzalez Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation Clayton Weiss Jennifer Nitschelm Jollin Charest …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 20 March 2024 English
Headquartered understanding of the socio-economic and technological in Waterloo, Canada, CIGI has received support impacts of digitalization and improve the quality and from the Government of Canada, the Government relevance …
Innovation: Lessons from Green Technology and irrigation. Leveraging historical weather data, machine … climate will require more than 40 percent increased irrigation across the globe (Porter et al. 2014, 251). In …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 11 March 2024 English
How has government support for energy in India evolved over the last decade? As India strives to become a USD 5 trillion economy over the next 3 years, what will …
& Kumar, U. (2023, May). Implementing solar irrigation sustainably: A guidebook for state policy- makers … iisd.org/system/files/2023-05/implementing-solar-irrigation- sustainably.pdf Raizada, S., & Karuturi, …
Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 11 March 2024 English
It is followed by a comparison of the relationship between the coordinates of rice production point of each DMU and the position of the optimal frontier. [...] The technical efficiency …
controlled through the application of artificial irrigation techniques. The ECM coefficient of -0.325 indicates … which could be controlled through artificial irrigation. The study therefore recommends that since TFP … is need for rice farmers to adopt artificial irrigation in order to mitigate the effect of climate change …
Great Lakes United · 8 March 2024 English
GLC Resolution: Understanding Impacts to Great Lakes Agriculture and Water Use Under Changing Climate Conditions RESOLUTION Adopted March 6, 2024 Understanding Impacts to Great Lakes Agriculture and Water Use Under …
resources resulting in public water shortages, irrigation bans, and decreased agricultural yields per acre2; …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 2 March 2024 English
Award-winning author paulo da costa meditates on fatherhood, place, and memory during a trip to his childhood home in Vale de Cambra, Portugal. During an extended stay in his childhood …
follow the trail beside a section of the old irrigation channel that is four feet deep. The trail is … feath- ers in a butcher’s window. We leave the irrigation canal, and after a few turns on a crossroads … to marvel at the pigeon-filled skies and the irrigation channels that have flowed for centuries. People … contour of the land, around the fields, along the irrigation channel. We spend more time together because …
