Browsing by Subject "Irrigation"
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Development of a Sugarcane Crop Water Use Based Water Budgeting Calibration Tool for Catchment Water Management. Case Study: Zimbabwe’s South-Eastern Lowveld
(2018)Zimbabwe’s Lowveld sugarcane farmers depends on at least 70 % irrigation for their crop production. Small scale sugarcane farmers (Out-growers) in the area are lacking technical capacities and finances to hire consultants ... -
Dynamic Modeling And Economic Analysis And Optimisation Of Photovoltaic Ground Water Pumping System For Irrigation In Hot Arid Climate
(2017)Remote areas do not have access to electricity and therefore mostly use diesel water pumping systems (DWPS) to irrigate their crops. It has been, however, found to be expensive and unsustainable in the long run especially ... -
Environmental and Economic Cost Analysis of a Solar PV, Diesel and hybrid PV-Diesel water Pumping Systems for Agricultural Irrigation in Rwanda: Case study of Bugesera district
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Rwanda agriculture sector has a significant impact on country’s economy whereby 80% of population depend on agriculture. Poor performance of agriculture sector affects economic development in different angles as 91% of ... -
Impact of Treated Wastewater Irrigation on Soil Properties and Groundwater Quality
(2018)Water shortages in arid and semi-arid regions promote the reuse of water resources, and the use of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation is the primary form of wastewater reuse. Since 2012, 912 ha is the area ... -
Modeling Impacts of Agricultural Land Expansion on the Streamflow Regime: Case Study of Thiba River Watershed in Kenya
(2017-09-06)The continuous increase of agricultural water demand in Thiba River Watershed as a result of the agricultural expansion especially in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme and other parts of the watershed has led to over abstraction ... -
Modelling the Impact of Land Use Changes on Hydrology using HBV-Light
(2016)During the last years, problems of flows risks have become a very interesting issue in Tunisia due to many factors such as changes in the land use. Deforestation together with agriculture expansion, due to the anthropogenic ...