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Irrigazette n°118 - Int° Irrigation Magazine
Agriculture takes its revenge
For many many centuries the focus was on agriculture, and then, attracted by the bright lights of the city, mankind turned his back on the land. Agriculture became marginalised in the XX century and people looked down on the farmer. This scorn reached global proportions. Although 75% of the poor live in rural areas, agriculture only receives 4% of public investment. Apart from the economic causes put forward to explain the present food crisis, this lack of resources has been the main reason.
There are two explanations for this incredibly unjust distribution of public spending. Unlike the city dwellers, country-people rarely form themselves into pressure groups. Most of the leaders, considered, up until the last few months, that agriculture was a marginal activity. It is curious to hear our political leaders now becoming concerned about the world food shortage. After all, the World Bank is one of the bodies most responsible for the situation we are now in. It is this very organisation that has been forcing the poor countries for decades to give less and less financial assistance to this sector and promote the growth of export crops. The result of this short-sightedness is that the farmers in the poor countries have suffered cruelly from a lack of training and public investment. The sudden reversal in World Bank policies has induced leaders to reconsider the strategic importance of the agricultural sector. In China, India and Vietnam, agricultural development has enabled hundreds of millions of people to escape poverty and allowed economies to be restarted.
Today, agriculture is essential for the future of every one of us. The farmers of the poor countries, though, above all need irrigation systems, good roads and refrigeration systems to give them access to the markets. It’s all about having that sacrosanct self-sufficiency in food, and that’s not so easy to achieve. |
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We naturally associate water management with irrigation. However there are also other areas covered by this activity: the management of water resources (catchment, storage, pressurisation, etc.), the management of drainage water. In this article, we will be looking at water management from the perspective of irrigation scheduling.
Published on 05/07/2010
We naturally associate water management with irrigation. However there are also other areas covered by this activity: the management of water resources (catchment, storage, pressurisation, etc.), the management of drainage water. In this article, we will be looking at water management from the perspective of irrigation scheduling.
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Mittal buying out Arcelor, Tata taking over Jaguar and Land Rover, there are numerous examples of the growing strength of the Indian economy. The emergence of a modern India , rapidly catching up with the West, in tandem with China, is a reality that is well publicized. It has almost been forgotten that the welfare of the Indian sub-continent is largely dependent on a sector which is very difficult to control: Agriculture.
Published on 05/07/2010
Mittal buying out Arcelor, Tata taking over Jaguar and Land Rover, there are numerous examples of the growing strength of the Indian economy. The emergence of a modern India , rapidly catching up with the West, in tandem with China, is a reality that is well publicized. It has almost been forgotten that the welfare of the Indian sub-continent is largely dependent on a sector which is very difficult to control: Agriculture.
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