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This document provides information on rainwater harvesting, including how to collect and store rainwater. It discusses the components of a rainwater harvesting system, including the catchment surface, conveyance to storage, initial filtration, storage tanks, conveyance to end use, and purification. It also addresses water quality, estimating water needs and collection potential, costs, maintenance, regulations, and ways to conserve water. The document aims to educate about setting up a rainwater harvesting system and using collected rainwater, especially for irrigation purposes during times of drought.
Jeremy Bird, Director General of IWMI, discusses the huge water management challenges facing India and shows how IWMI’s research can contribute to effective and sustainable solutions.
Gerard owns a dairy farm in California that produces 200,000 pounds of milk per day from his herd of 2,500 cows. He faces increasing costs and volatile milk prices, making it difficult to ensure profitability. The dairy industry has consolidated over time as farms have grown larger to take advantage of economies of scale, though Gerard receives the monthly "mailbox price" for his milk and has no control over the price. He is seeking ways to hedge against the volatility of milk prices and ensure the sustainability of his family farm.
- The document discusses the degradation of wetlands in the UK and Sussex. Over 40% of UK floodplains and over 90% of wetland SSSIs in Sussex are in unfavorable condition.
- It outlines the ecosystem services provided by wetlands, including provisioning services like fresh water, food, and materials, as well as regulating services like water purification and flood control. Cultural services like recreation and tourism are also highlighted.
- While some ecosystem services of Ramsar sites in Sussex are explicitly recognized, many remain unrecognized. A better understanding of wetland value is needed to reverse degradation and improve human well-being.
Wal-Mart is the largest retailer globally with $405.6 billion in revenue. It has a powerful brand and large scale of operations worldwide. However, it faces weaknesses such as self-cannibalization and legal issues. Its strategies include strategic business programs, efficient working capital management, and expanding online sales. Wal-Mart has a sustainable advantage through its size, discounts, distribution network, and IT infrastructure. It is recommended that Wal-Mart improve its public perception and expand internationally with local retailers.
The document discusses the author's interest in fish in the Mekong River from a food-poverty-environment perspective and questions around fish yields, demands, threats and research gaps. It notes that fish provide important food and livelihoods but yields are unclear and may be threatened by dams and other changes, and more study is needed on trends, demands, sustainability and management opportunities.
Area description of Kabe (Dagnu) watershed, EthiopiaILRI
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Jeremy Bird, Director General of IWMI, discusses the huge water management challenges facing India and shows how IWMI’s research can contribute to effective and sustainable solutions.
Gerard owns a dairy farm in California that produces 200,000 pounds of milk per day from his herd of 2,500 cows. He faces increasing costs and volatile milk prices, making it difficult to ensure profitability. The dairy industry has consolidated over time as farms have grown larger to take advantage of economies of scale, though Gerard receives the monthly "mailbox price" for his milk and has no control over the price. He is seeking ways to hedge against the volatility of milk prices and ensure the sustainability of his family farm.
- The document discusses the degradation of wetlands in the UK and Sussex. Over 40% of UK floodplains and over 90% of wetland SSSIs in Sussex are in unfavorable condition.
- It outlines the ecosystem services provided by wetlands, including provisioning services like fresh water, food, and materials, as well as regulating services like water purification and flood control. Cultural services like recreation and tourism are also highlighted.
- While some ecosystem services of Ramsar sites in Sussex are explicitly recognized, many remain unrecognized. A better understanding of wetland value is needed to reverse degradation and improve human well-being.
Wal-Mart is the largest retailer globally with $405.6 billion in revenue. It has a powerful brand and large scale of operations worldwide. However, it faces weaknesses such as self-cannibalization and legal issues. Its strategies include strategic business programs, efficient working capital management, and expanding online sales. Wal-Mart has a sustainable advantage through its size, discounts, distribution network, and IT infrastructure. It is recommended that Wal-Mart improve its public perception and expand internationally with local retailers.
The document discusses the author's interest in fish in the Mekong River from a food-poverty-environment perspective and questions around fish yields, demands, threats and research gaps. It notes that fish provide important food and livelihoods but yields are unclear and may be threatened by dams and other changes, and more study is needed on trends, demands, sustainability and management opportunities.
This document summarizes evidence that prevention efforts in the United States have been successful in reducing new HIV infections over time. It notes that as prevention funding has increased, the estimated number of new HIV infections has decreased. It also discusses data showing that the HIV transmission rate in the US has dropped significantly over time and is now one of the lowest in the world. Expanding prevention efforts could further reduce new infections substantially and save lives and medical costs over the long run.
1) Fertilizer use in India has increased overall consumption from around 11.5 million tons in 1990-91 to over 41 million tons in 1999-2000, with nitrogenous fertilizers making up around 65% of total consumption.
2) Five states - Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal - account for over 83% of NP/NPK fertilizer consumption in India, led by Andhra Pradesh.
3) The government's retention pricing scheme, introduced in the 1970s-80s, played a key role in facilitating growth of India's fertilizer industry and increasing consumption, through subsidies to maintain domestic production and consumption.
The document discusses concepts related to stationary and non-stationary time series data. It provides examples of time series data that are non-stationary, exhibiting changing means and non-zero correlation over time, as well as examples of stationary time series with constant means and zero correlation as time increases. The document also discusses techniques for identifying non-stationary processes, such as examining correlograms, and formal unit root tests to establish the stationarity of time series data.
This document provides an overview of the URM pavement system and its benefits over traditional pavement repair methods. The URM system allows for quick road repairs within 20 minutes that last over 2 years, significantly reducing costs by up to 77% over the lifetime of the pavement compared to usual repair methods. It also reduces traffic disruptions by 58%, lowers social costs like traffic jams by prolonging pavement life, and has environmental benefits with zero industrial waste production. The URM system is suitable for highways, urban roads, and other roadways.
The introduction of aquaculture into family farming systems in subtropical NE...Ariel Zajdband
Aquaculture is being introduced in family farms in Northeast Argentina to increase income. Most farms are small-scale and rely on traditional cash crops like yerba mate and tobacco. Aquaculture is managed semi-intensively, using local fish species and fertilizing with farm byproducts. Fish production depends on pond area and number of ponds. Most fish is consumed or gifted locally rather than sold. State programs help fund pond construction and supplies, but mainly benefit medium to large farms, while fish does not reach the landless poor. Overall, aquaculture provides farm households with fish but has not improved access for all rural communities.
This document provides an overview of the rural marketing landscape in India. Some key points:
- The rural market size is estimated at over Rs. 1.23 lakh crore annually and is growing rapidly driven by increasing incomes and infrastructure development.
- Rural consumers are heterogeneous with varying income levels and purchasing behaviors. Brand recognition is often based on visual or numeric cues rather than names.
- There are significant marketing opportunities in rural India due to the low penetration of many product categories currently. Categories like shampoo, biscuits and motorcycles are growing rapidly.
- Reaching remote rural areas and increasing rural incomes present ongoing challenges. Effective use of existing rural infrastructure can help boost access to markets.
This document summarizes safety challenges in the Norwegian fishing industry. It presents statistics showing declines in fishermen numbers and increases in catch per fisherman over time. Several graphs show trends in fatal accidents at sea, with the highest numbers occurring in the 1990s and a generally decreasing frequency since. The document outlines various safety measures and research projects aimed at improving safety, such as training programs, safety manuals, emergency devices, safer vessels and clothing. It discusses current initiatives to further understand and prevent accidents and injuries among fishermen.
Laurie Arthur, a rice farmer, is adapting their farm to climate change by exploring growing rice in Northern Australia to diversify from their southern farm that frequently experiences low water allocations. They have had some success trialling rice varieties in the Ord Valley in Northern Australia, which has higher security water rights. However, challenges remain in increasing yields, improving grain quality, and reducing costs to establish a viable northern rice industry at a large enough scale. The farmer aims to gradually expand rice production across both their northern and southern farms to manage climate change risks while not compromising the southern operation.
This document discusses the use of near-real-time wildfire simulations to support firefighting operations. It provides examples of how satellite imagery and simulation models can be used to predict fire spread and estimate burnt areas. Such simulations allow incident commanders to make strategic decisions about resource allocation and evacuation planning. The document promotes several wildfire simulation and mapping platforms and tools that provide relevant, accurate and intuitive analysis to support safer firefighting operations.
Ian Locke runs a 3,560 acre property in Holbrook, NSW, breeding 1,200 Poll Hereford cattle and 3,700 prime lambs. The property has highly variable soils and winter dominant rainfall of 708mm. Locke's Wirruna Poll Hereford stud has been operating since 1949, focusing on selecting cattle that perform well under commercial conditions. Locke runs a disciplined breeding program selecting for traits like calving ease, growth rates, and fertility. Bulls sold from the stud average in the top 10% of the breed for performance indexes.
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This document summarizes data on UK government websites:
- Google data shows over 80% of website content is found on around 10% of sites, with huge numbers of very small sites. However, Google may not index all sites fully.
- Over 1,200 servers run Apache and over 1,500 run Microsoft IIS, costing over £29 million annually to operate this infrastructure.
- Searching government sites for common terms like benefits returns a huge number of results across many sites, with duplication.
- To fully understand costs and contracts, more data is needed on visitor counts, operating costs, and contractual agreements.
- A proposal is made to consolidate over 3,000 government sites
The document discusses self-management of chronic conditions and its importance for sustainability of healthcare systems. It notes that:
- Chronic conditions will rise dramatically, with many people having multiple conditions.
- Expectations of care quality will increase as standards that are currently seen as inadequate will be viewed as inhumane.
- For healthcare systems to be sustainable, chronic conditions must be managed differently by empowering self-management supported by technology and expertise when needed.
This document provides links to further information to accompany a presentation on leading change for the future, including links about:
- The ALISS project, which is an open innovation process to improve health information access
- Using social assets and co-production approaches to deliver better and more sustainable community services
- Reports on public service reform in Scotland to develop new approaches that are better and cheaper
- The importance of health literacy, adult literacy, and effective communication and consultation skills between healthcare professionals and patients.
The CARE Measure is a 10-item consultation process measure developed by Dr. Stewart Mercer and colleagues to assess empathy in the patient-doctor relationship. Each item is scored from 1-5 on factors like making the patient feel at ease, listening, understanding concerns, and developing a care plan together. Scores are added up to a maximum of 50 to evaluate the consultation. The measure has been validated in over 3,000 consultations in Scotland. It can be used free of charge for research purposes, with attribution to the developers.
This document contains biographies of two speakers, Glenn Hinds and Tim Warren, presenting at an event on leading change for the future and supporting self-management. Glenn Hinds is a director of a training company who has almost 20 years experience as a social worker in mental health and substance abuse services. Tim Warren has a background in social work and worked in criminal justice, child protection, and health policy roles within the Scottish government focusing on long term conditions and self-management.
This document provides an agenda for an event titled "Leading Change for the Future" focused on supporting self-management. The one day event at the Centre for Health Science in Inverness includes coffee and registration, opening remarks from the chair, two keynote speakers on education solutions and self-management programs, a motivational speaker, three workshop sessions on various self-management topics, lunch and posters, a plenary on personal experiences with long-term conditions, closing remarks summarizing the workshops and next steps, and identifying actions to apply lessons in daily work.
This document summarizes evidence that prevention efforts in the United States have been successful in reducing new HIV infections over time. It notes that as prevention funding has increased, the estimated number of new HIV infections has decreased. It also discusses data showing that the HIV transmission rate in the US has dropped significantly over time and is now one of the lowest in the world. Expanding prevention efforts could further reduce new infections substantially and save lives and medical costs over the long run.
1) Fertilizer use in India has increased overall consumption from around 11.5 million tons in 1990-91 to over 41 million tons in 1999-2000, with nitrogenous fertilizers making up around 65% of total consumption.
2) Five states - Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal - account for over 83% of NP/NPK fertilizer consumption in India, led by Andhra Pradesh.
3) The government's retention pricing scheme, introduced in the 1970s-80s, played a key role in facilitating growth of India's fertilizer industry and increasing consumption, through subsidies to maintain domestic production and consumption.
The document discusses concepts related to stationary and non-stationary time series data. It provides examples of time series data that are non-stationary, exhibiting changing means and non-zero correlation over time, as well as examples of stationary time series with constant means and zero correlation as time increases. The document also discusses techniques for identifying non-stationary processes, such as examining correlograms, and formal unit root tests to establish the stationarity of time series data.
This document provides an overview of the URM pavement system and its benefits over traditional pavement repair methods. The URM system allows for quick road repairs within 20 minutes that last over 2 years, significantly reducing costs by up to 77% over the lifetime of the pavement compared to usual repair methods. It also reduces traffic disruptions by 58%, lowers social costs like traffic jams by prolonging pavement life, and has environmental benefits with zero industrial waste production. The URM system is suitable for highways, urban roads, and other roadways.
The introduction of aquaculture into family farming systems in subtropical NE...Ariel Zajdband
Aquaculture is being introduced in family farms in Northeast Argentina to increase income. Most farms are small-scale and rely on traditional cash crops like yerba mate and tobacco. Aquaculture is managed semi-intensively, using local fish species and fertilizing with farm byproducts. Fish production depends on pond area and number of ponds. Most fish is consumed or gifted locally rather than sold. State programs help fund pond construction and supplies, but mainly benefit medium to large farms, while fish does not reach the landless poor. Overall, aquaculture provides farm households with fish but has not improved access for all rural communities.
This document provides an overview of the rural marketing landscape in India. Some key points:
- The rural market size is estimated at over Rs. 1.23 lakh crore annually and is growing rapidly driven by increasing incomes and infrastructure development.
- Rural consumers are heterogeneous with varying income levels and purchasing behaviors. Brand recognition is often based on visual or numeric cues rather than names.
- There are significant marketing opportunities in rural India due to the low penetration of many product categories currently. Categories like shampoo, biscuits and motorcycles are growing rapidly.
- Reaching remote rural areas and increasing rural incomes present ongoing challenges. Effective use of existing rural infrastructure can help boost access to markets.
This document summarizes safety challenges in the Norwegian fishing industry. It presents statistics showing declines in fishermen numbers and increases in catch per fisherman over time. Several graphs show trends in fatal accidents at sea, with the highest numbers occurring in the 1990s and a generally decreasing frequency since. The document outlines various safety measures and research projects aimed at improving safety, such as training programs, safety manuals, emergency devices, safer vessels and clothing. It discusses current initiatives to further understand and prevent accidents and injuries among fishermen.
Laurie Arthur, a rice farmer, is adapting their farm to climate change by exploring growing rice in Northern Australia to diversify from their southern farm that frequently experiences low water allocations. They have had some success trialling rice varieties in the Ord Valley in Northern Australia, which has higher security water rights. However, challenges remain in increasing yields, improving grain quality, and reducing costs to establish a viable northern rice industry at a large enough scale. The farmer aims to gradually expand rice production across both their northern and southern farms to manage climate change risks while not compromising the southern operation.
This document discusses the use of near-real-time wildfire simulations to support firefighting operations. It provides examples of how satellite imagery and simulation models can be used to predict fire spread and estimate burnt areas. Such simulations allow incident commanders to make strategic decisions about resource allocation and evacuation planning. The document promotes several wildfire simulation and mapping platforms and tools that provide relevant, accurate and intuitive analysis to support safer firefighting operations.
Ian Locke runs a 3,560 acre property in Holbrook, NSW, breeding 1,200 Poll Hereford cattle and 3,700 prime lambs. The property has highly variable soils and winter dominant rainfall of 708mm. Locke's Wirruna Poll Hereford stud has been operating since 1949, focusing on selecting cattle that perform well under commercial conditions. Locke runs a disciplined breeding program selecting for traits like calving ease, growth rates, and fertility. Bulls sold from the stud average in the top 10% of the breed for performance indexes.
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We employ genetic programming to model the release kinetics of a pheromone dispenser used to combat pests in an ecofriendly manner, by means of mating disruption
This document summarizes data on UK government websites:
- Google data shows over 80% of website content is found on around 10% of sites, with huge numbers of very small sites. However, Google may not index all sites fully.
- Over 1,200 servers run Apache and over 1,500 run Microsoft IIS, costing over £29 million annually to operate this infrastructure.
- Searching government sites for common terms like benefits returns a huge number of results across many sites, with duplication.
- To fully understand costs and contracts, more data is needed on visitor counts, operating costs, and contractual agreements.
- A proposal is made to consolidate over 3,000 government sites
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The document discusses self-management of chronic conditions and its importance for sustainability of healthcare systems. It notes that:
- Chronic conditions will rise dramatically, with many people having multiple conditions.
- Expectations of care quality will increase as standards that are currently seen as inadequate will be viewed as inhumane.
- For healthcare systems to be sustainable, chronic conditions must be managed differently by empowering self-management supported by technology and expertise when needed.
This document provides links to further information to accompany a presentation on leading change for the future, including links about:
- The ALISS project, which is an open innovation process to improve health information access
- Using social assets and co-production approaches to deliver better and more sustainable community services
- Reports on public service reform in Scotland to develop new approaches that are better and cheaper
- The importance of health literacy, adult literacy, and effective communication and consultation skills between healthcare professionals and patients.
The CARE Measure is a 10-item consultation process measure developed by Dr. Stewart Mercer and colleagues to assess empathy in the patient-doctor relationship. Each item is scored from 1-5 on factors like making the patient feel at ease, listening, understanding concerns, and developing a care plan together. Scores are added up to a maximum of 50 to evaluate the consultation. The measure has been validated in over 3,000 consultations in Scotland. It can be used free of charge for research purposes, with attribution to the developers.
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This document provides an agenda for an event titled "Leading Change for the Future" focused on supporting self-management. The one day event at the Centre for Health Science in Inverness includes coffee and registration, opening remarks from the chair, two keynote speakers on education solutions and self-management programs, a motivational speaker, three workshop sessions on various self-management topics, lunch and posters, a plenary on personal experiences with long-term conditions, closing remarks summarizing the workshops and next steps, and identifying actions to apply lessons in daily work.
This project was funded to develop self-management modules delivered by the University of Highlands and Islands. An audit found gaps in resources and materials, which informed a self-management competency framework. In response, two Masters level modules were developed for lead practitioners focusing on enabling change and leading change. A resource pack was also created, including an online Health Action Plan tool and self-management competency self-assessment toolkit to help practitioners support self-management. Ongoing work will improve the toolkit and embed the competencies and tools in practice, along with a champion network for support.
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The document contains population data from the General Register Office for Scotland on the population of NHS Highland (excluding Argyll & Bute) from 1981 to 2032 broken down by age and sex. It provides mid-year population estimates for each year over this 52-year period sourced from the General Register Office for Scotland.
The document contains a list of over 100 delegates including their name, job title, organisation, and email address. The delegates are from a variety of healthcare organizations in Scotland such as NHS Highland, Robert Gordon University, and the University of the Highlands and Islands. Their roles include nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, and others involved in healthcare, education, and patient organizations.
The document provides information about two Masters level modules on self management offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in collaboration with several health organizations. Module 1 focuses on developing an understanding of self management theories and practicing communication skills to empower individuals. It involves online learning and one face-to-face session. Module 2 focuses on leading organizational change to support self management. It is completed entirely online. Both aim to develop "self management champions" to facilitate culture change within their organizations and support long-term conditions management.
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The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) offers postgraduate students the opportunity to study in a supportive environment across various campuses located in the beautiful and unique setting of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. UHI provides both taught postgraduate courses and opportunities for postgraduate research. Research strengths include diabetes, sustainable rural development, archaeology, Gaelic, and renewable energy. The Graduate School supports all postgraduate research students. International students will find assistance to study at UHI and opportunities to experience Scottish culture. Some courses are taught through the Gaelic language, helping to advance Gaelic in the 21st century.
The presentation is aimed at students who are thinking of a career in teaching in Scotland. It offers an overview of the teaching profession at both Primary and Secondary school level. In addition it will outline the nature of Teacher Education training courses as well as academic entry requirements, the application and interview process and current employment prospects.
This document summarizes the 433 abstracts accepted for the conference "Global Change and the World's Mountains" held in Perth, Scotland from September 26-30, 2010. It analyzes the geographical distribution and topical focus of the abstracts. The abstracts came primarily from Europe (194), Asia (82), and North America (67). Most papers focused on ecological systems (150) and global environmental change (92). Other popular topics included ecosystem interactions (34), social systems (28), decision-making (14), and resource use (10). The analysis found the greatest emphasis was on global environmental change and ecosystems, with fewer papers considering social drivers or entire socio-ecological systems impacted by global change.
Professor Martin Price, director of the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College UHI and UNESCO chair in sustainable mountain development, welcomes the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.
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How to reduce the water footprint and improve food security in mountain communities [Hans Schreier]
1. How to reduce the water footprint and
improve food security in mountain
communities
Hans Schreier
Faculty of Land & Food Systems
University of British Columbia, Canada
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8. Changes in Irrigation and Water Supply
Storage Reservoirs 1913-1998
Year 1913 1956 1972 !998
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Fruit, Okanagan Basin 1976-2006
Total Fruit Land in Crops Alfalfa
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Basin 1976-2006 Okanagan Basin 1976-2006
Total # of Chickens
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Cherry Nursery
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• Climate Change (wet vs. dry years)
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• Different Irrigation Systems
• The Value of Water
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• 70% of all water is allocated for agriculture
• Irrigation: 45% for forage crops, 41% for fruit, 7% for golf courses
• Most Water Demanding: Golf, Apricots, Nectarines 8800-10000m3/ha
• Least Water Demanding Crops: Grapes 4000m3/ha
• Difference in water demand between sandy and clay soils 58%
• Differences between drip & sprinkler irrigation: 41% (4000 vs 9700 m3/ha)
• There is a 40% difference between wet and dry years
• Fruit & vegetables are most sensitive to drought (requiring more water)
• The 45 golf courses use 7% of the irrigation water and are the most inefficient
users of water
• As water becomes scarce selecting water efficient crops will become a viable
conservation strategy.