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Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis?

author(s) Hoek, Wim van der - Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy - Renshaw, M. - Silver, J.B. - Birley, M.H. - Konradsen, Flemming
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Eastern Asia
  • Asia
  • Southern Asia
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Southern Europe
  • Europe
  • Northern America
  • Americas
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van der Hoek, W.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Renshaw, M.; Silver, J. B.; Birley, M. H.; Konradsen, F. 2001. Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 30p. (IWMI Research Report 047) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.053

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Abstract

More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.

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