Search for dissertations about: "irrigation development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words irrigation development.
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1. Modernisation and farmer-led irrigation development in Africa : A study of state-farmer interactions in Tanzania
Abstract : After years of relatively low investment, irrigation development in Africa has been put back on the policy agenda as a way of increasing agricultural productivity. In spite of existing evidence of farmers’ irrigation initiatives across the African continent, current policy prescriptions still revolve around (large-scale) state intervention. READ MORE
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2. Accumulation from Below : Smallholders and public irrigation investments in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
Abstract : Smallholders in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa are increasingly differentiated. This thesis contributes to the empirical and conceptual understanding of the differentiation processes in irrigation by following the internal dynamics among smallholders linked to public investments in improving smallholder initiated small scale irrigation schemes in Kilombero district, Tanzania. READ MORE
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3. Condensation irrigation : simulations of heat and mass transfer
Abstract : There is a growing water demand in the world. Along with the deterioration of existing water supplies, the escalating world population leads to the assumption that two out of three people will lack sufficient freshwater by the year 2025. READ MORE
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4. Water Realities and Development Trajectories : Global and Local Agricultural Production Dynamics
Abstract : Water constraints for humans and nature are gaining more and more public attention as a critical environmental dilemma that needs to be addressed. When aquifers and rivers are running dry, the debate refers to an ongoing “world water crisis”. READ MORE
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5. Ecostrategies in theory and practice : Farmer's perspectives on water, nutrients and sustainability in low-resource agriculture in the dry zone of Sri Lanka
Abstract : PROBLEMThe need for a sustainable man - nature relationship has long been a neglected aspect of development theory. The increasing awareness of this negligence has led to a search for development strategies alternative to conventional industrial growth. READ MORE