Sentences with phrase «irrigation projects for»

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.

And Turkey disputes dam and irrigation projects for the Tigris and Euphrates.

President John Mahama, has cut sod for work to start on a three thousand acre Tamne irrigation project for the people of Bawku and surrounding towns.

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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.

Other expenses for an irrigation system, plants and ornamental pots will bring the project's total cost to about $ 70,000.

Perhaps inevitably, dam projects have thus frequently created poverty and damaged ecologies, for example by causing displacement and by undermining useful ecological phenomena like annual flooding that spreads irrigation water and fertile soil.

President Mahama, also inaugurated an expanded water project for Bawku and other towns which are water starved and cut the sod for a three thousand hectare irrigation dam project.

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.

Dr Boamah mentioned the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant; Kumasi Shoe Factory; Komenda Sugar Factory, Elmina Fish Processing Factory; Buipe Shea Factory; Bolgatanga Meat Processing Factory and the Tamne Irrigation Project and its associated agricultural prospects as some of the interventions that would create jobs for the citizenry.

Funding can be used for a variety of projects including repairs and restoration to utilities, irrigation, and various shared community facilities.

«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.

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.

Large - scale irrigation projects have dire consequences for public health, particularly through the spread of water - borne diseases.

Moreover, irrigation projects without proper provision for drainage lead to rising water tables and soil salinisation.

«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.

They hoped the fighting would end foreign investors» plans for irrigation projects that would suck water out of the river and destroy their livelihoods.

They anticipate the project will impact Nicaragua's lucrative ecotourism and the supply of fresh water for drinking, irrigation and power generation.

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

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.

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

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.

But the ice - cap of the Cordillera Blanca, long a supply of water for the Chavimochic irrigation project, has shrunk 40 % since 1970 and is retreating at an ever - faster rate.

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

HYDROPOWER: The combination of irrigation, mountains and friendly state policies make Colorado the nation's epicenter for the growth of small hydroelectric projects.

Billions that could go to desalination plants for fresh water, irrigation projects, fusion power research, food for children, medical research and exotic propulsion systems to begin exploring our solar system and beyond.

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.

Curtailment of state and federal water project deliveries for agricultural irrigation have already resulted multi-billion dollar losses as thousands of acres of farmland are fallowed.

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.

The government has allocated $ 17 million (USD) for the projects, which include boosting the amount of recycled water used for irrigation, storm water capture and reuse, revving up the capacity of water recycling plants, and improving the water pipeline infrastructure.

The country is fast losing its irrigation water and will soon be totally dependent on imports from the world market or overseas farming projects for its grain.

But according to the World Wildlife Fund, improvements to irrigation practices in just one Turkish agricultural region could remove much of that uncertainty, saving enough water annually to meet Istanbul's needs for up to three years.This month, a joint project by WWF and Turkish cookie and cracker manufacturer ETİ Burçak will begin training farmers in Konya, a fertile region of central Anatolia known as «Turkey's breadbasket,» to use modern drip - irrigation methods that reduce water consumption by one third to one half.

According to Juan Valero, secretary general of Fenacore, the irrigation farmers» federation, 200,000 farmers have already signed up for the project.

As glaciers retreat, Demuth said the resilience is reduced, affecting both natural systems such as the way ecosystems function and human systems such as irrigation, hydropower and water for mining projects.

Data on water irrigation efficiency for surface water projects — that is, dams that deliver water to farmers through a network of canals — show that crop usage of irrigation water never reaches 100 percent simply because some irrigation water evaporates, some percolates downward, and some runs off.

Project partners: RUAF Foundation (coordination, the Netherlands); Applied Plant Research International of the Wageningen University and Research Centre (The Netherlands); School of Forestry of the University of Florida (USA); The International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka); The Ministry of Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Minor Irrigation, Industries and Environment of Western Province (Sri Lanka); Kesbewa Urban Council (Sri Lanka); The Ministry of Water, Public Services and Environment, Santa Fe Province (Argentina); Municipality of Rosario (Argentina); Institute of Physics — CONICET Rosario (Argentina); The National University of Rosario (Argentina); Comune de Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso); l'Institut d'Application et de Vulgarisation en Sciences (Burkina Faso); Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office (Nepal); Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (Nepal).

68 While the fact that it is impossible for a river basin or river basin district to meet from its own water resources its needs in terms of drinking water, electricity production or irrigation may indeed be capable of justifying, in the light of Directive 2000/60, a transfer of water such as that in the project at issue in the main proceedings, it is not the case that such a transfer can be justified only by reason of such an impossibility.

122 Irrigation and the supply of drinking water meet, in principle, those conditions and are therefore capable of justifying the implementation of a project for the diversion of water in the absence of alternative solutions.

Their projects power hospitals in Haiti, drip irrigation systems in Benin, West Africa, and power grids for towns in Columbia.

For example, you might mention you earned an award for planting or irrigation projects, or that you worked for a number of years in the agriculture industFor example, you might mention you earned an award for planting or irrigation projects, or that you worked for a number of years in the agriculture industfor planting or irrigation projects, or that you worked for a number of years in the agriculture industfor a number of years in the agriculture industry.

• Used logic and reasoning to determine types of irrigation systems and networks needed for individual projects.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN LANDSCAPING • Created an entire Disney - themed park by molding shrubbery and grass, within record time for park's opening • Introduced the concept of «irrigation canal first», which saved the company $ 10,000 in annual watering projects • Led a team of 40 landscape workers to prune and trim tree within a record time of 3 days, to be prepared for an annual company event • Prepared a manual on proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and fountains, now used as the «maintenance bible» of the company

Performing outdoor landscape irrigation audits which included testing sprinkler and drip irrigation systems to point out deficiencies, and creating a watering schedule for customers * Meeting customers at their homes and place of business to answer inquiries on water conservation measures and practices * Serves as an AMWC representative at community fairs or trade shows to promote water conservation * Assist Conservation Manager and GIS / IM Administrator with Excel and ArcGIS projects.

Project Manager for turn - key warm water aquaculture project that integrates state of the art semi-intensive techniques of farming, water storage, irrigation and multiple fish prodProject Manager for turn - key warm water aquaculture project that integrates state of the art semi-intensive techniques of farming, water storage, irrigation and multiple fish prodproject that integrates state of the art semi-intensive techniques of farming, water storage, irrigation and multiple fish production.

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«It makes me really nervous, but we're better off than some guys because we have access to ground water, so we can pump what we need and don't have to rely on the State Water Project for irrigation.