Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?
cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en |
cg.identifier.url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99587 | en |
cg.issn | 1011-0054 | en |
cg.journal | Spore | en |
cg.number | 85 | en |
cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en |
cg.subject.cta | NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | en |
cg.subject.cta | ENVIRONMENT | en |
dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-16T09:07:34Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-16T09:07:34Z | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46696 | |
dc.title | Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? | en |
dcterms.abstract | Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 2000. Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?. Spore 85. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en |
dcterms.description | Irrigation has been a reality in agriculture for 6000 years, and it remains a cornerstone of agriculture today as farmers strive to meet the increasing food demands of ever larger populations. In Pillar of Sand, Sandra Postel examines the challenges to our modern irrigation society from greater water scarcity and soil salinity to rising tensions between countries over shared rivers. S Postel. Worldwatch Institute. 1999. 313 pp. ISBN 0 393 31937 7 US$13.95 13.95 Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1904, USA. Fax: +1 202 296 7365 Email: wpub@worldwatch.org | en |
dcterms.isPartOf | Spore | en |
dcterms.issued | 2000 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
dcterms.type | News Item |