Author: K.K. Framji, B.C. Garg & S.D.L. Luthra

Year: 1983,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume presents in continuation of Volume I the development of irrigation and drainage in 36 countries including, inter alia, a general description of physiography; climate and rainfall; population and size of holdings; land resources; water resources; brief history of irrigation and drainage; irrigation and drainage methods used; statistics relating to irrigation and drainage; important relating to irrigation and drainage; important projects; field water management; problems relating to irrigation and drainage; present developments, future plans and potentials; administration of irrigation and drainage projects; economics of irrigation and drainage projects; financing of irrigation and drainage projects; new technology and its application; water laws and inter-state agreements; international water agreements and treaties; research on irrigation and drainage; and other features. The countries are: Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (Vol.I), Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, UK, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen (Arab Republic of), Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of), Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe