It is crisscrossed with canals and irrigation ditches built by U.S. foreign aid in the 1950s.
In golf's early days in this country, both hearty summer grass strains and irrigation systems were rare.
This is partly because Asia used large cropping systems and irrigation, which are unsuited to dry Africa.
Before retiring Mr Pim worked on water supply and irrigation projects in deserts, mainly in the Middle East.
David Stower, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation of Kenya.
Underground water is the integral part of water resources in Uzbekistan and is used for human needs, industry and irrigation.
The report says engineers can help serve a growing population by improving food output through biotechnology, mechanisation, food processing and irrigation.
The rest comes from Regals gears, gearboxes and other power transmission equipment for cars, trains, boats and irrigation systems, plus electric motors and generators.
The father was Ved Mitra Manglik, a towering figure famous for building dams and irrigation projects critical to the development of postcolonial India.
The recipient is therefore expected to invest in the land, in the form of water and irrigation infrastructure, roads, storage facilities and so on.
China's thirst for industry and irrigation has combined with climate change to drain the aquifers, some of which hold fossil water that has lain undisturbed for millennia.
Roads, bridges, electricity and irrigation canals have been ripped away.
There is also concern about how ground water and irrigation wells will be affected: it is hard to judge how long it takes for a coal aquifer to refill.
Expanding rural road networks (in addition to investing in electrification and irrigation) is a strategic investment for rural development and should not be judged against narrowly defined economic criteria.
In each of these cases, an upstream country plans to build large dams to develop hydropower and irrigation systems, which will likely have significant negative impacts on the downstream neighbor.
Of greatest concern initially, the Keystone XL pipeline was designed to run through Nebraska's Sandhills, which lie above the Ogallala Aquifer, the main source of drinking water and irrigation for millions of people.
Instead of a tractor and irrigation equipment, all SPIN farmers need are a few hand tools, maybe a Roto-tiller, and a commercial cooler to store their crops until they can get them to market.
An ancient system of water rights means that many farmers pay only modest amounts to obtain their annual allocations from the Rio Grande, and poor pipelines and irrigation systems allow lots of water to leak out.
"It combines the investments that MCC has made in many sub-Saharan African countries in agriculture and public infrastructure such as roads and irrigation to complement Agra's investments in providing the rural poor with seeds and fertilisers, " he told the BBC.
Alternative livelihoods such as ecotourism and fish farming could provide an alternative to intensive crop farming, while better management of crops and irrigation and the adoption of alternative energy sources such as solar power would all contribute to environmental sustainability.
As a part of the project, a manual on water education was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Environment and the Jordan National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
Because much of the loss to insects and diseases occurs after the plants are fully grown, the use of genetically engineered varieties that have higher post-harvest yields means that the farming (and irrigation) of fewer plants can produce the same total amount of food.
Nayef Al Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Professor Kamel Abu Jaber, Director of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Mr. Maysoon Al Zubi, Secretary General at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, as well as with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Luc Stevens.
Countries are issuing, or at least preparing, a long list of promises to help finance research into new seeds, build irrigation canals and spread fertiliser use among small farmers (seeds, irrigation and fertilisers were the main components of the first green revolution in the 1960s).
If women can get the right training, high-quality seeds and access to irrigation and fertilizer, they will be able to grow more and more nutritious food while producing a surplus they can sell for a profit.
Miranda ranks high among Venezuelan states in agricultural and pastoral production, and government irrigation projects have resulted in the expansion of its large-scale farming and in the diversification of its agriculture.
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For example, technical assistance on the construction of storage facilities such as silos and warehouses, irrigation, roads and agricultural extension programs could be provided.
With rivers flowing weakly, the tide pushed sea-water in, both cutting fish catches and preventing irrigation.
The MGM Mirage company installed low-flow bathroom fixtures inside its 11 Las Vegas hotels and drip irrigation outside.
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