Among these figure water-harvesting technologies and drip irrigation, as well as technologies that recycle grey water in peri-urban agriculture.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

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.

UNESCO: CULTURE

Infrastructure concerns (energy, transportation, irrigation, and telecommunications) as well as health tend to dominate local political platforms.

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But the authors are persuasive that some things can be done just as well with less fuel or material: drip irrigation, for example, superwindows, innovative cooling and ventilation systems, integrated fish management, and economic incentives that reward efficiency rather than waste.

ECONOMIST: Green plus red-tape makes brown

Purves is very concerned about the glaciers in the Himalayan mountains that are the main source of water for irrigation and drinking in China and India, well over 2 billion people.

FORBES: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By Glaciers Melting In Greenland And The Himalayas

In 2004 an official study group said efficient water management through micro-irrigation could help many save on fertilizer and labor, as well as the precious liquid itself.

FORBES: Magazine Article

They have scoured the company's processing plant as well as the farms that grow the spinach, looking at everything from irrigation water to the proximity of livestock, with no sure connections made so far.

ECONOMIST: Those healthy green leaves cause a terrible scare

Syria is well aware of the need for conservation measures and all new schemes are designed for sprinklers or drip irrigation.

ECONOMIST: Letters