BANDSAR, A SUCCESSFUL STORY FOR FLOOD AGRICULTURE IN ARID REGIONS OF IRAN
Publish place: International History Seminar on Irrigation and Drainage
Publish Year: 1386
Type: Conference paper
Language: English
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Index date: 24 August 2006
BANDSAR, A SUCCESSFUL STORY FOR FLOOD AGRICULTURE IN ARID REGIONS OF IRAN abstract
Bandsar is an ancient system for flood farming invented by the farmers of Khorasan provinces. This paper had introduced some basic characteristics of this system, spatial distribution of constructed Bandsars through Khorasan province and its correlation with climatologic and topographic indices. The rules or agreements used to determine the priority rights for flood irrigation are some special ones, which are explained in this paper. Technical design, cropping system and advantages of this system are discussed too.
BANDSAR, A SUCCESSFUL STORY FOR FLOOD AGRICULTURE IN ARID REGIONS OF IRAN authors
Dadrasi Sabzevar
Member of Scientific Staff, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan
Hasheminejhad
Member of Scientific Staff, National Salinity Research Center of Iran