Documents et rapports

Salt of the Earth : Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity (anglais)

Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To...

Salt of the Earth : Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity (anglais)

Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date...

Africa - SUPPORT TO THE REBUILDING OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA PROJECT : P155039 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (anglais)

Drinking water salinity and infant mortality in coastal Bangladesh (anglais)

Bangladesh, with two-thirds of its land area less than five meters above sea level, is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Low-lying coastal districts along the Bay of Bengal are...

Facing the hungry tide : climate change, livelihood threats, and household responses in coastal Bangladesh (anglais)

This paper quantifies the impact of inundation risk and salinization on the family structure and economic welfare of coastal households in Bangladesh. These households are already on the "front line" of...

Climate change, soil salinity, and the economics of high-yield rice production in coastal Bangladesh (anglais)

It is a virtual certainty that sea-level rise will continue throughout the century and beyond 2100 even if greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized in the near future. Understanding the economic impacts...

Climate change, groundwater salinization and road maintenance costs in coastal Bangladesh (anglais)

The potentially-adverse impact of salinity on paved roads is well-established in the engineering literature. The problem seems destined to grow, as climate-related changes in sea level and riverine flows...

Tajikistan - Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Project : P084035 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 15 (anglais)

Egypt, Arab Republic of - The Second National Drainage Project : P045499 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 30 (anglais)

Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project in Tamil Nadu, India (anglais)

Coastal Tamil Nadu, one of the most densely populated regions of the world, is facing major issues of sea level variation, shoreline erosion, salt water intrusion, and degradation of mangroves and existing...

Iraq - Additional Financing for the Emergency Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project : restructuring (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (anglais)

The development objectives of the Additional Financing for the Emergency Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project for Iraq are to generate short-term employment while addressing urgent rural irrigation...

Iraq - IQ-EMERGENCY COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE REHAB ADDITIONAL FINANCING : P109296 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 05 (anglais)

Egypt, Arab Republic of - The Second National Drainage Project : P045499 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 28 (anglais)

Iraq - Additional Financing for the Emergency Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project : restructuring (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (anglais)

The Additional Financing for the Emergency Community Infrastructure
Rehabilitation Project for Iraq will contribute to the socio-economic recovery of the rural poor, through aiming at a project development...

Uzbekistan - Drainage, Irrigation and Wetlands Improvement Project (Phase I) : environmental assessment (Vol. 2 of 5) : Summary of environment and social impact assessment reports (anglais)

While the project will improve the drainage conditions, and reduce water-logging and soil salinization in project selected areas for irrigation, and wetlands improvement, significant issues facing environmental...

Salinity management for sustainable irrigation : integrating science, environment, and economics (anglais)

Is irrigation sustainable, and if so, how and under what conditions? That is the question that has impelled the writing of this report. This report examine the nature of salinity, its effects on crop production...

Egypt - Second National Drainage Project (anglais)

China - Tarim Basin Project (anglais)

Conformed Copy - TF020847 - Initiative for Collaboration to Control Natural Resuorce Degradation (Desertification) of Arid Lands in the Middle East - Agreement (anglais)

Conformed Copy - C2584 - Balochistan Natural Resource Management Project - Project Agreement (anglais)