Instead, governments have tended to try to increase agricultural output through expensive irrigation projects.
Before retiring Mr Pim worked on water supply and irrigation projects in deserts, mainly in the Middle East.
One way or another, it will probably be the end of the massive irrigation projects that have flooded the West.
The father was Ved Mitra Manglik, a towering figure famous for building dams and irrigation projects critical to the development of postcolonial India.
In 1912 pioneers diverted the Murrumbidgee's waters into canals to create one of the biggest irrigation projects in Australia, the world's second-driest continent after Antarctica.
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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As India chases a target of 9% economic growth this year, there is pressure to build more factories, mines, irrigation projects and railway lines, which often means cutting down the country's forests.
These are absolutely essential projects like irrigation and sewer systems.
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Many African governments still crave Israeli expertise for projects such as irrigation, but they are also after military and intelligence technology.
Washington- financed projects rebuilt damaged irrigation systems and tamed the Pecos River.
The damage will be felt only in the longer term, since the main effect may be to delay the start of big infrastructure projects, from roads to irrigation schemes.
There are pilot-projects with fast-growing trees that can be pollarded for firewood, and drip-feed irrigation for saplings.
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