Evaluation of the social water management practices in Saighan Valley / Jim Sisson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : The Agency for French Development (AFD) ; Geres Energie Environment Solidarité, ©2017.Description: 56 pages ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet TD313. A3. S57 2017
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Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements—Executive summary and summary of main recommendations—1. Introduction—2. Objective—3. History of water management in the Saighan Valley—4. Approach used—5. Water resources of Saighan Valley—6. Water infrastructure—7. Uses of water—stakeholders in the management of the water resource—9. Present water management—Annexes.
Summary: Summary: “While this report covers many different aspects of water management in the Saighan Valley, the main focus has been on the means by which the communities along the Saighan River manage the water resource in a manner which is both efficient and sustainable. The Saighan Valley is noted for the lack of sufficient water resources to carry on agricultural activities in an effective manner. This has not always been the case as there is much anecdotal evidence that in the first seven decades of the last century the population size, amount of arable soil and the available water resource were in balance. However, since 1980 the population has increased significantly and as a result, the land use of much of the land has been changed from rain-fed low…”—(page 5).

Cover title.
“AFD Agnece Française De Développement ; Central Highlands ; Geres studies”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Acknowledgements—Executive summary and summary of main recommendations—1. Introduction—2. Objective—3. History of water management in the Saighan Valley—4. Approach used—5. Water resources of Saighan Valley—6. Water infrastructure—7. Uses of water—stakeholders in the management of the water resource—9. Present water management—Annexes.

Summary: “While this report covers many different aspects of water management in the Saighan Valley, the main focus has been on the means by which the communities along the Saighan River manage the water resource in a manner which is both efficient and sustainable. The Saighan Valley is noted for the lack of sufficient water resources to carry on agricultural activities in an effective manner. This has not always been the case as there is much anecdotal evidence that in the first seven decades of the last century the population size, amount of arable soil and the available water resource were in balance. However, since 1980 the population has increased significantly and as a result, the land use of much of the land has been changed from rain-fed low…”—(page 5).