Potential Economic Value of Soil Moisture Data for Irrigation Management in the Central Great Plains
Potential Economic Value of Soil Moisture Data for Irrigation Management in the Central Great Plains

Author: Raymond Joseph Supalla

Publisher:

Published: 2005*

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13:

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The potential economic benefits from improved soil moisture data were estimated for three locations in the central Great Plains: Imperial, Nebraska; McCook, Nebraska; and Atwood, Kansas. Benefits were computed for sprinkler irrigated corn, using groundwater, on several different soils. Improved soil moisture data results in irrigators doing a better job of irrigation scheduling, leading to irrigation cost saving, a potential crop yield effect and water conservation for later use.

Gravel Roads
Gravel Roads

Author: Ken Skorseth

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.

Soil Survey Investigations for Irrigation
Soil Survey Investigations for Irrigation

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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General considerations;soil characteristics;topography and land development considerations;drainage and reclamation;water quality and climate;soil survey methods;soil survey interpretation and land classification; final selection, classification and grouping of lands for irrigation development.

Shock Waves
Shock Waves

Author: Stephane Hallegatte

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2015-11-23

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1464806748

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Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.