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1 Serrano, L.; Carbonell, X.; Save, R.; Marfa, O.; Penuelas, J. 1992. Effects of irrigation regimes on the yield and water use of strawberry. Irrigation Science, 13(1):45-48.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H010175)
2 Peters, G. 1992. A study of Australia's melon industry. Pimburattewa, Sri Lanka: Ministry of Mahaweli Development. Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. 27p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 2551 Record No: H011786)
3 Fabbri, A.; Gazzoni, A. 1992. Trickle irrigation for fruit culture. In CIHEAM. International Conference on "Supplementary irrigation and drought water management". Vol.2. pp.S3-12.1-S3-12.8.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 CIH Record No: H012266)
4 Xiloyannis, C.; Massai, R.; Gucci, R.; Piccotino, D. 1992. Drought resistance mechanisms in temperate zone fruit crops. In CIHEAM. International Conference on "Supplementary irrigation and drought water management". Vol.3. Adana, Italy: CIHEAM. pp.S5-11.1-S5-11.18.
Fruits ; Horticulture ; Drought ; Arid zones ; Water stress ; Water deficit ; Water potential / Italy
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 CIH Record No: H012344)
5 Barradas, V. L.; Nicolas, E.; Torrecillas, A.; Alarcón, J. J. 2005. Transpiration and canopy conductance in young apricot (Prunus armenica L.) trees subjected to different PAR levels and water stress. Agricultural Water Management, 77(1-3):323-333.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H037439)
6 Koyama, O. (Ed.) 2005. Evaluation of vegetable-based farming systems and improvement to vegetable and fruit cultivation in highland regions of West Java, Indonesia. Tsukuba, Japan: JIRCAS. 226p. (JIRCAS working report no.43)
Vegetables ; Fruits ; Tomatoes ; Pests ; Farming systems ; Cropping systems ; Marketing ; Erosion ; GIS / Indonesia / West Java
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 635 G662 KOY Record No: H037602)
7 Girona, J.; Gelly, M.; Mata, M.; Arbonès, A.; Rufat, J.; Marsal, J. 2005. Peach tree response to single and combined deficit irrigation regimes in deep soils. Agricultural Water Management, 72(2):97-108.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H036797)
8 Bustan, A.; Cohen, S.; de Malach, Y.; Zimmermann, P.; Golan, R.; Sagi, M.; Pasternak, D. 2005. Effects of timing and duration of brackish irrigation water on fruit yield and quality of late summer melons. Agricultural Water Management, 74(2):123-134.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H037016)
9 Shibano, K. (Ed.) 2006. Problems and research perspectives of agricultural environment in the tropical and subtropical islands: Proceedings of JIRCAS 2005 International Symposium in Ishigaki. Ibaraki, Japan: JIRCAS. 122p. (JIRCAS international symposium series no.13)
Land use ; Soil properties ; Erosion ; Water conservation ; Crop production ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Livestock ; Climate ; Pests ; Soil management ; Red soils / Japan / China / Philippines / Fiji / Australia / New Caledonia / Ishigaki Island / Miyara River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 SHI Record No: H039148)
10 Ozawa, K.; Contrers, S. M.; Fukamachi, H. 2006. The xeromorphic reaction: Permanent effects of short dry spells on crop production: The use of foliar water spray to reduce their damage. In Shibano, K. (Ed.). Problems and research perspectives of agricultural environment in the tropical and subtropical islands: Proceedings of JIRCAS 2005 International Symposium in Ishigaki. Ibaraki, Japan: JIRCAS. pp.107-116.
Crop production ; Experiments ; Tomatoes ; Sugarcane ; Fruits ; Vegetables ; Water stress / Japan / China
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 SHI Record No: H039151)
11 Dharmasena, P. B.; Nijamudeen, M. S.; Peiris, K. H. S. 2001. Growth performance of mango and lime with in-situ rainwater harvesting. Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture, 3:27-36.
Water harvesting ; Arid zones ; Pitcher irrigation ; Soil moisture ; Fruits ; Mangoes ; Lime ; Citrus fruits / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7671 Record No: H039435)
12 Abeyrathne, A. H. M. S. W. B.; Jaenicke, H. 2006. Potential for small-scale processing and marketing of tropical fruits in Kandy, Galle and Horana Divisional Secretariat Divisions of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC) 23p. (ICUC research report no.1)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 641.34 G744 ABE Record No: H039592)
13 Venot, Jean-Philippe; Molle, Francois; Hassan, Y. 2007. Wells and canals in Jordan: can pricing policies regulate irrigation water use? In Molle, Francois; Berkoff, J. (Eds.). Irrigation water pricing: the gap between theory and practice. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.233-261. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 4)
Wells ; Canals ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Price policy ; Cost recovery ; Farming systems ; Groundwater management ; Water policy ; Water law ; Water allocation ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Water conservation / Jordan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G698 VEN Record No: H040584)
14 Gulati, A.; Shah, Tushaar; Shreedhar, G. 2009. Agriculture performance in Gujarat since 2000: can it be a divadandi (lighthouse) for other states? Anand, Gujarat, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 24p.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural production ; Rain ; Cotton ; Livestock ; Fruits ; Vegetables ; Wheat ; Infrastructure ; Dams ; Canals ; Irrigation programs ; Tube wells ; Agricultural extension ; Public sector ; Private sector / India / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G635 GUL Record No: H042204)
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15 Ayana, M.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2009. Assessment of the performance of selected irrigation schemes in Ethiopia. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 44(1):121-142.
Irrigation schemes ; Performance evaluation ; Performance indexes ; Water delivery ; Water conveyance ; Efficiency ; Canals ; Water demand ; Irrigated farming ; Sugarcane ; Fruits ; Water costs ; Water rates ; Pricing / Ethiopia / Metri Irrigation Scheme / Metahara Irrigation Scheme / Wonji Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H042210)
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Unless attention is given to productivity improvements in food production, feeding the ever-increasing population persist to be the challenge for Ethiopia. The hope that irrigation development improves the productivity of agriculture, ensures food security, overcome impacts of rainfall variability and reduces poverty depends largely on how well the schemes are being operated and managed. This paper presents the results of performance assessments made in selected irrigation schemes in Ethiopia. For this purpose indicators that measure the water delivery and supply as well as output performances have been applied under data scarce situation. The conveyance efficiency in the main systems is found to be in the order of 58 – 89%. Generally the scheme level values of water supply performance indicators such as annual relative water supply (ARWS) and annual relative irrigation supply (ARIS) are equal to unity in Wonji irrigation scheme and greater than one in other schemes indicating that the water supplied exceeded the estimated demand. The values of water delivery ratio (WDR) varies between 0.62 (Wonji scheme) and 1.07 (Hare scheme). Scheme level values of water delivery and supply performance indicators revealed that there is no constraint of water availability at the scheme level. Schemes that produce sugar cane have higher outputs per units of water supplied and harvested area. On the contrary, community managed schemes showed low water productivity than that of large scale government agency managed schemes. As it is evidenced from the analysis of 59 irrigation schemes in the Awash river basin, schemes that use pump diversion have the opportunity to better control the water and sedimentation that enters the field. Pricing of irrigation water and the cost incurred in water conveyance were found to have a positive effect on the land and water resources of the irrigation schemes. Currently the direct water use fee is low to influence the demand and efficiency of water use. However, schemes which use pump diversion were found to consume less water and tended to expand land linearly with the increasing amount of diverted water. Low productivity of irrigated agriculture is possibly attributed to poor conditions of the irrigation infrastructure, inadequate management capacity and skills, lack of proper operation and on-farm water management skills and procedures, lack of incentives and hence low motivation to improve performance. Investment on these factors will have potentially significant impact in improving performance.
16 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 390p.
Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 HOR Record No: H042304)
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17 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Leusden, Netherlands: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) 1 CD.
Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H035923)
18 Keatinge, J. D. H.; Waliyar, F.; Jamnadas, R. H.; Moustafa, A.; Andrade, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Hughes, J. d’A.; Kardirvel, P.; Luther, K. 2010. Relearning old lessons for the future of food - by bread alone no longer: diversifying diets with fruit and vegetables. Crop Science, 50:S-51-S-62. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0528]
Malnutrition ; Human nutrition ; Diets ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Pest management ; Cropping systems ; Climate ; Adaptation ; Marketing ; Pollutants ; Health hazards
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042650)
http://crop.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/Supplement_1/S-51
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042650.mht
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042650.mht
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Diversifying diets and agricultural enterprises with fruit and vegetables is a potent weapon in the current global battle against malnutrition and poverty. Agricultural science can contribute substantially to enhance the development prospects and health of not only disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals at one end of the spectrum but also the growth and equity of national economies at the other. Moreover, with relatively simple applied research, new crop species and technologies can rapidly enter the development pathway to benefit even the poorest people or nations. More upstream research can help to guard fruit and vegetable production against the vagaries of potential climatic uncertainty, which is projected to become more prominent over future decades. However, historical and continuing widespread underinvestment in fruit and vegetable research and development from the national to the global level may severely compromise the world’s ability to use such highvalue species for crop diversification and as a major engine of development growth to ensure global food and nutritional security.
19 Sri Lanka. Department of Agriculture. Socio Economics and Planning Centre. 2009. AgStat Vol.VI - Pocket book of agricultural statistics. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Department of Agriculture. 59p.
Statistics ; Agriculture ; Rice ; Cultivation ; Costs ; Yields ; Field crops ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Floriculture ; Irrigation schemes ; Land use / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8031 Record No: H043782)
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20 Scholten, W. 2007. Agricultural development and water use in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: a rapid appraisal. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University and Research Centre. 52p.
Agricultural development ; Water use ; Irrigated farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Rainfed farming / Ethiopia / Central Rift Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044897)
http://www.crv.wur.nl/NR/rdonlyres/559750BE-9421-4807-8D0C-9B6F068A1A7C/84323/ReportWolterScholten.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044897.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044897.pdf
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