In the desert country of Oman, available water resources are scarce and scattered. In most
locations where water can be accessed, this resource is harnessed by oases planted to date …

This paper reports on results from a case study on water management within a traditional,
falaj irrigation system in northern Oman. In the planning and design of regional irrigation …

On-farm measurements and observations of water flow, water costs and irrigation labour
inputs at the individual parcel level were made in case studies of smallholder irrigation …

Due to the geographical location of Oman in an arid zone, agricultural production depends
fully on irrigation. The traditional irrigation systems (Aflaj, sing. falaj) supply more than one …

Using experience and specific case studies from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeastern
Arabia, this paper addresses fundamental issues of labour allocation for on-farm water …