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... water is wasted . As Repetto points out , a study of 11 major irrigation systems in China showed that water use per hectare averaged twice and often three times the design application rate . Not only do such farmers often use more water ...
... water is wasted . As Repetto points out , a study of 11 major irrigation systems in China showed that water use per hectare averaged twice and often three times the design application rate . Not only do such farmers often use more water ...
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... irrigation systems . If he were , he would realize that institutional irrigation has a seri- ous effect on the central authority . By transforming the irrigated land into a saline desert , it deprives the society of its means of ...
... irrigation systems . If he were , he would realize that institutional irrigation has a seri- ous effect on the central authority . By transforming the irrigated land into a saline desert , it deprives the society of its means of ...
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... IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES : THEMES FROM INDIGENOUS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS . E. Walter Coward , Jr. paper for Workshop on Choices in Irrigation Management , Overseas De- velopment Institute , University of Kent , Canter- bury ...
... IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES : THEMES FROM INDIGENOUS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS . E. Walter Coward , Jr. paper for Workshop on Choices in Irrigation Management , Overseas De- velopment Institute , University of Kent , Canter- bury ...
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