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Managing Groundwater Access in the Central Highlands
Using an integrated water assessment approach, the project “Managing groundwater in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam” moves the Law on Water Resources from principles towards practice in the Dak Lak Plateau.
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Managing groundwater access in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Vietnam
The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region is Vietnam's leading coffee producer. It also supplies agricultural and forestry products for domestic markets and export. The region covers approximately 17 per cent of Vietnam's land area, including 16 per cent of total arable land and 22 per cent of forested land. In recent years drought has struck, reducing coffee production in 2003 by an estimated 25 per cent. Domestic water supplies were also threatened. Drought, however, was not the only factor in production declines and water shortages. Vietnamese Government policies have encouraged the intensification of agricultural and agroforestry practices over the past three decades. Population growth has since resulted during the same period, intensifying resource use, including water. Much of the increased agricultural production has been based on cropping, with deforestation providing cropping land and increasing water use.
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CROPWAT is a decision support tool developed by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO
CROPWAT 8.0 for Windows is a computer program for the calculation of crop water requirements and irrigation requirements based on soil, climate and crop data. In addition, the program allows the development of irrigation schedules for different management conditions and the calculation of scheme water supply for varying crop patterns. CROPWAT 8.0 can also be used to evaluate farmers’ irrigation practices and to estimate crop performance under both rainfed and irrigated conditions.
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Participatory multi-Level EO-assisted tools for Irrigation water management and Agricultural Decision-Support
PLEIADeS addresses the efficient and sustainable use of water for food production in water-scarce environments. We consider the economic, environmental, technical, social, and political dimensions through a synergy of leading-edge technologies and participatory approaches. These technologies provide easy access to information for all stakeholders while active participation will be effected by spatial information and innovative networking tools.
PLEIADeS aims at improving the performance of irrigation schemes by means of a range of measures.Major technical innovation is made possible by the comprehensive space-time coverage of Earth observation(EO) data and the interactive networking/connecting capabilities of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
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