Links

We invite other organizations working in related areas to link up their websites. To do so, you can send an e-mail to info@metameta.nl.

INNOWAT (innovation in water management) papers issued by IFAD - including one on spate irrigation See>> http://www.ifad.org/english/water/innowat/topic/irrigation.htm

A promising technology: Quick-Snake is a barrier which consist of sand-filled, tubolar textile-segments (modules). These modules have a standard length of 10-13 m, a diameter of 31 cm and a height of 20-25 cm).

See>> Wasser- und Sandbarrieren

Spate irrigation in Mexico - with pre-Hispanic origins, called cajas de agua See> Cajas de Aqua

Data base on plant resources of tropical africa (PROTA): very useful description of plant species and their uses See>> http://www.prota.org/uk/about+prota/

SHARC: Sediment Hydraulic Analysis for Rehabilitation of Canals allows design engineers to identify sediment problems in irrigation canals and evaluate different solutions

http://www.dfid-kar-water.net/w5outputs/software.html

Pastoral and Environmental Network for the Horn of Africa.  See>>

Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa

Website of Timbaktu - organization devoted to promote dry land crops such as various types of millets and sorghums The Timbaktu Collective - Agricultural Practices

Website of Garden Organic/ HRDA with much useful publications on management of mesquite and also of other tree crops >> ip_publications

Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosytème
www.umr-lisah.fr

Publications on Monitoring and Evaluation of Soil Conservation and Watershed Development Projects on Science Publishers
www.scipub.net/environmental-science/monitoring-evaluation-of-soil-conservation-watershed-development.html

Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture
www.leisa.info

Flood Water Spreading in Iran
www.scwmri.ac.ir

Properties and Management of Drylands
www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/drylands/contact.htm

Water Harvesting and Sustainable Agriculture (ICID-FAO workshop), including papers on floodwater management in Eritrea and Iran

A website dedicated to mulching and direct sowing
agroecologie.cirad.fr/dmc/

World Agroforestry Centre - including RELMA
www.worldagroforestry.org

Southern and Eastern African Rain Water Harvesting network
www.searnet.org

Grains in Africa (sorghum, millet)
Visit website >

DFID water for food web site
www.dfid-kar-water.net/w5outputs/

Waterwatch
www.waterwatch.nl

Infrastructure Connect provides information about the work of DFID's Infrastructure and Urban Development (IUDD).
www.infrastructureconnect.info

Ministry of Agriculture, Eritrea
University of Asmara, Eritrea ( www.aginternetwork.org )

Soil and Water Management Network for Central and Eastern Africa
www.asareca.org/swmnet

Regional Land Management Unit (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
and Zambia)
www.relma.org

Riod - international ngo network on desertification
www.enda.sn/energie/desertif/desertif.htm

On sorghum
www.icrisat.org/text/coolstuff/crops/gcrops2.html

On sand dams
www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/techpublications/TechPub-8a/dams.asp

Drylands Coordination Group
www.drylands-group.org

Middle East Water Information Network (MEWIN)
http://water1.geol.upenn.edu/index.html

Drylands Program (International Institute for Environment and Development)
www.iied.org/drylands/

UNDP Drylands Web
www.undp.org/drylands

Centre for Science and Environment(CSE)
www.cseindia.org

Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
www.unccd.int/main.php

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
www.icarda.org

FAO International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and
Drainage (IPTRID)
www.fao.org/iptrid

Redesert
www.fundaj.gov.br/docs/inpso/rdeser/red1.html

Eco News Africa
www.econewsafrica.org

Eldis
www.Eldis.org

Drylands Coordination Group
www.drylands-group.org

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
www.icid.org
 
The International Network on Participatory Irrigation Management (INPIM)
www.inpim.org

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
www.cgiar.org/iwmi

The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD)
www.acsad.org

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
www.ifad.org

Unesco water
www.unesco.org/water