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Case Studies on Water Conservation in the Mediterranean Region

Alain VidalInternational Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage. Secretariat

出版	Food & Agriculture Org., 2001
主題	Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
ISBN	92510460509789251046050
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IBwBDKpV6QQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

In the Mediterranean region, agriculture is considered as the sector where the biggest volume of water can be saved as it represents around 80 percent of total demand, and a large amount of water is poorly used. The idea of the present report is to gather a number of "success stories". The case studies in five countries (Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia) were analysed in terms of main success as well as limiting factors, reported water savings and crop yield increase, as well as increase of water use efficiency. The lessons learnt include: Localised irrigation is not a miracle technology; modernised surface irrigation can be a water saving technique; a water conservation enabling environment is necessary to achieve successful water conservation and improve water use efficiency; sustainability of water management depends on carefully selected measures that complement each other.