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Page 288
... Chagga reflect the priorities of a society committed to irrigation agricul- ture . Consider , for example , their procedure for deciding on the building of a new furrow and for implementing the decision . Tra- ditionally , a man of the ...
... Chagga reflect the priorities of a society committed to irrigation agricul- ture . Consider , for example , their procedure for deciding on the building of a new furrow and for implementing the decision . Tra- ditionally , a man of the ...
Page 290
... Chagga more than sixty years ago , was impressed by the way they organized the mainte- nance and operation of the irrigation system . " No small degree of regulation is necessitated and , moreover , within the course of the furrow ...
... Chagga more than sixty years ago , was impressed by the way they organized the mainte- nance and operation of the irrigation system . " No small degree of regulation is necessitated and , moreover , within the course of the furrow ...
Page 398
... Chagga , 287 , 289-90 ; by Sonjo , 284-85 ; manage- ment of , 163–76 ; manage- ment of , by balancing consumption with yield , 322-24 ; and pest popula- tions , 67-71 ; rainwater , 13 ; and salinization , 136-41 , 319 ; salinization ...
... Chagga , 287 , 289-90 ; by Sonjo , 284-85 ; manage- ment of , 163–76 ; manage- ment of , by balancing consumption with yield , 322-24 ; and pest popula- tions , 67-71 ; rainwater , 13 ; and salinization , 136-41 , 319 ; salinization ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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acre-feet acres agricultural land Akawaio Arid Land Aswan Aswan Dam Aswan High Dam Barton Worthington benefits billion m³ Biswas Brazil Bruce Stokes building built canal Carl Widstrand caused Chagga construction cost crops cultivation cultural damage deforestation Developing Countries disease drainage earthquakes ecological economic Edward Goldsmith effects Egypt Environment Environmental estimated evaporation farmers farming feddans fertile fish flood control forest Goodland groundwater hectares High Dam hydroelectric Ibid increase India industrial inevitable irrigated land irrigation irrigation agriculture irrigation schemes irrigation system John Waterbury large dams large-scale water loss malaria ment meters million hectares Nile peasants percent perennial irrigation plans plants points pollution problem production qanats region reservoir resettlement result Rothé salinization salt schistosomiasis sedimentation seepage seismic silt social soil Sonjo Sri Lanka supply tanks Third World tion traditional irrigation Tucuruí Valley village water development schemes water projects waterlogging wildlife World Bank