Sentences with phrase «irrigation project in»

Environmental Defense has also joined the effort, and has provided a carbon calculator to help determine how many tons of CO2 your lifestyle creates each year — the average American household checks in at about 10 tons, according the Environmental Defense — and from there, it's up to you as to which project you want to fund: a solar - irrigation project in Benin; forest restoration in Nicaragua; or helping the Brazilian ceramics industry switch to renewable biomass fuel.

This is a case study about an irrigation project in Liberia.

The author, elucidating from her own experience working with internally displaced people, on irrigation project in Odisha, India has tried to speculate the flaws in the resettlement and rehabilitation implementation.

In the present article, I have tried to narrate my own experience working with the water resource department, Government of Odisha in implementing the resettlement and rehabilitation policy in one of the major irrigation project in Odisha.

I was not surprised to work with the Subernarekha Irrigation project in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, which was certainly an eye opening experience for me.

The Federal Government has on Sunday confirmed that it would resume the expansion and rehabilitation work on the multi million naira Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project in Jigawa would resume by April.

President Akuffo Addo will as part of his Tour, proceed to the Upper East on Wednesday 4th October, 2017 and is expected to among other things, inspect progress of work on Bolgatanga to Pulmakrom Road and the Tamde Irrigation Project in the Garu - Tempane District.

The team has so far visited oil revenue funded projects such as the Zakpalsi irrigation project in the Northern Region, and the Tankasi and Zuiding irrigation projects in the Upper East Region.

Along with her husband, Grey has been deeply involved in a water irrigation project in this region and has gained firsthand knowledge of these women's daily struggles for survival.

Not exact matches

The Brandt Commission found hope in the fact that vast irrigation schemes are being considered, especially in Africa, noting that such projects will enable the great rivers to become the means of transforming large areas of semiarid land into productive agricultural regions.

Eight tanks, full of cow urine and other dairy waste have blocked the entrance to ACC's central Wellington office this morning, in a statement against a large - scale irrigation project.

Adamu said with N9.6 billion allocated under the 495 million dollars World Bank - assisted Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) project in five different irrigation locations in Nigeria, the project would be completeIrrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) project in five different irrigation locations in Nigeria, the project would be completeirrigation locations in Nigeria, the project would be completed by 2021.

He, therefore, assured that «on the basis of my country's specific needs, Government is keen on developing utility - scale solar energy projects, as well as accelerating the development of mini-grid solutions in off - grid and island communities for lighting, irrigation and other economic activities».

The hostel was among a number of projects the president commissioned and inspected during a two - day tour that also saw him cut the sod for work to begin on the Bolgatanga - Bawku - Pulmakom Road and the Tamne Irrigation Dam in the Garu - Tempane District among others.

The president stated this in Auyo, Jigawa State, at an event to mark the commencement of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 6,000 - hectare Hadejia Valley irrigation project, on Monday.

The report however made mention of what was described as the slow pace in implementing projects relating to irrigation and fisheries.

In his words, «We have been talking about 7,000 to 12,000 hectares in Hadejia Valley Irrigation project but from the outcome of my visit to the valley in December last year, we discovered that we still have potential of 25,000 hectares.&raquIn his words, «We have been talking about 7,000 to 12,000 hectares in Hadejia Valley Irrigation project but from the outcome of my visit to the valley in December last year, we discovered that we still have potential of 25,000 hectares.&raquin Hadejia Valley Irrigation project but from the outcome of my visit to the valley in December last year, we discovered that we still have potential of 25,000 hectares.&raquin December last year, we discovered that we still have potential of 25,000 hectares.»

This all changed in the 1950s, when a Soviet irrigation project diverted river water to rice and cotton fields miles away.

In truth it is a fairly typical new irrigation project, says Peter Stone from the CSIRO in BrisbanIn truth it is a fairly typical new irrigation project, says Peter Stone from the CSIRO in Brisbanin Brisbane.

«In this high mountain desert, water is a critically precious resource and the use of metal - polluted waters for irrigation may have substantial detrimental impacts on the lives of subsistence farmers,» said Bill Strosnider, researcher on the project.

In Morocco, we worked with an important citrus supplier on a project to convert existing sprinkler practices to drip irrigation; this resulted in a 60 % reduction in water usagIn Morocco, we worked with an important citrus supplier on a project to convert existing sprinkler practices to drip irrigation; this resulted in a 60 % reduction in water usagin a 60 % reduction in water usagin water usage.

Senegal's outbreak of schistosomiasis has been blamed on several development projects in the basin of the Senegal River, including the building of two dams and the construction of irrigation schemes.

Above all else, they will have to consider whether they can any longer justify using more than two - thirds of their water for irrigation, especially when many crops are in surplus and, on many irrigation projects, around 40 per cent of the water is lost to evaporation.

But Soviet - sponsored irrigation projects, begun in the 1950s, diverted water from two rivers that fed the sea: the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya.

Production of cotton, the primary irrigated crop in the Southwest and in southern Arizona in particular, will drop to less than 10 percent of the crop yield under optimal irrigation conditions, the study projects.

Dams and irrigation projects upriver in Africa increase the population of malarial mosquitoes downriver.

Last summer, Leinauer and his research team led a project to install a subsurface drip irrigation system in several tee boxes at The Club at Las Campanas in Santa Fe.

«Over the past 60 years, a myriad of dams have been built either to provide hydroelectric power, or for irrigation purposes, or as flood protection,» says Bernhard Lehner, a professor in McGill University's Department of Geography and the research director of the project.

«We always assumed that people's increased reliance on groundwater for irrigation and consumption was resulting in a net transfer of water from the land to the ocean,» said lead author J.T. Reager of JPL, who began the research project as a UCI graduate student.

Quick note on afforestation in California: CA used the irrigation provided by its water project to sustain large groves of fruit and nut trees (whose product had large commercial value); subsequently, many of these trees were sacrificed to enhance the natural environment of the Delta Snail Darter (which has no commercial value), which has resulted in large stands of dead or moribund trees.

The proceeds help to provide clean drinking water and fund irrigation projects for crops in areas where water can be the main limiting factor for people being able to put food on the table.

In this unrated continuation of the Universal horror series, an irrigation project unearths Kharis the living mummy (Lon Chaney, Jr.), who was buried in quicksand 25 years earlieIn this unrated continuation of the Universal horror series, an irrigation project unearths Kharis the living mummy (Lon Chaney, Jr.), who was buried in quicksand 25 years earliein quicksand 25 years earlier.

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply2harnessing the water resources of river Subarnarekha for irrigation, flood control and municipal and industrial use (Government of Bihar, 1988).

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply

One such example is the present project implementing resistance in Lower Suktel irrigation project Odisha9.

See The Hamilton Project's interactive maps to compare county - by - county variation in total water withdrawals for irrigation, thermoelectric, and domestic withdrawals.

Ag PACE provides interest buydown on loans to farmers who invest in nontraditional agriculture activities that supplement farm income such as purchase of equipment and facilities, equity shares of an ag - processing business, irrigation equipment, capital improvements to a livestock feedlot, dairy operation or subsurface field tiling projects.

Projected onto folded cardboard, American artist Patty Chang's poetic and politically charged moving - image work The Wandering Lake (2009) documents Chang's search for the Wandering Lake of Xinjiang, a migrating body of water in the Chinese desert; her subsequent travel to the shrinking Aral Sea, which has lost 70 percent of its water as a result of Soviet irrigation projects; and her tracing of the course of the aqueduct that brings water from Southern China to Beijing.

Past projects include Elmgreen & Dragset's Prada Marfa; Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe, and Alexandre Singh's Hello Meth Lab in the Sun; Rashid Johnson's Shea Butter Irrigation System, and Agnes Denes» Pyramids of Conscience.

Many others are similarly stranded in what was once the vast Aral Sea, in Uzbekistan, now radically shrunk by Soviet - era irrigation projects.

«Five years in the making, Water is at once Burtynsky's most detailed and expansive project to date, with images of the 2010 Gulf oil spill, step wells in India, dam construction in China, aquaculture, farming, and pivot irrigation systems,» said Susan M. Taylor, Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art.

For instance, many countries are investing in clean water access, irrigation, and sanitation projects to support public health and economic development.

Used in projects where a wide range of perennials, grasses, small shrubs and evergreens or turf are specified, depending on the construction depth and irrigation options.

Consulates of UK, France and Germany have visited three climate adaptation projects in Dhamrai of Dhaka to emphasise on joint climate diplomacy in Bangladesh.British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson, French Chargé Babou Kamichetty and German Chargé Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe visited Dhamrai on Monday.They visited a solar home system, solar irrigation systems and a domestic [continue reading...]

German project developer juwi has installed their first combined wind and solar plant in Egypt to be used for desalinating and pumping irrigation water for farms and it is monitored and controlled remotely from Germany.

Our water projects use these approaches by, for example, promoting the adoption of water - efficient irrigation technology or improving the quality of household tap water in underserved regions.

Their cities, suburban towns, outposts, road networks, canals, and irrigation projects attest to their large and civilized (meaning agricultural) populations far in excess per square mile than your average hunter - gatherer cultures and their 1 person per square mile population densities spanning the most forbidding deserts, steppes, mountains, and jungles.

Irrigation and hydroelectric projects are draining the river's flow, while glaciers are melting in Kashmir.

«Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometres (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.»

Quick note on afforestation in California: CA used the irrigation provided by its water project to sustain large groves of fruit and nut trees (whose product had large commercial value); subsequently, many of these trees were sacrificed to enhance the natural environment of the Delta Snail Darter (which has no commercial value), which has resulted in large stands of dead or moribund trees.