Final UN annex distinguishes forest destruction from military exploitation

Damaged or looted lift-irrigation equipment included government units of 150–350 horsepower and smaller private units averaging 35 horsepower. The annex distinguished equipment scales and ownership...

Affected farms had previously had about 0.5–0.7 horsepower of machinery per hectare. The annex described a resettlement target of about one horsepower per hectare, mainly using 65-horsepower tractors;...

Table E.5 listed machinery needs of 193,500 horsepower in Khuzestan, 53,000 in Ilam and 72,200 in Bakhtaran. Reported supply completion was 16, 30 and 15 percent respectively; horsepower is not a...

Replanting destroyed palms and orchards was constrained by limited sapling production at existing facilities, the annex stated. This supply bottleneck helps explain why perennial-crop recovery could...

Table E.6 reported completion of 50 percent for extension centres, 25 for input warehouses, ten for the research centre, 50 for district offices and zero for quarantine units. The figures describe...

Fisheries losses included 200 wooden vessels of 20–80 gross registered tonnes and 50 steel fishing vessels of 300 registered tonnes. The annex could not ascertain reconstruction progress; registered...

Reactivated plans for seven agro-industrial units in Khuzestan assigned each 18,000–23,000 hectares for sugarcane production. Initial arrangements were under way; the annex did not establish that...

The mission recommended modern irrigation management and demand-based supplies to improve water use and crop yields. Applied research could draw on experience coordinated with the International...

The annex called for in-service training of agricultural extension staff in improved on-farm water management. Training would help transfer applied irrigation research to farmers rebuilding production...

A technical note warned that recent studies in developing countries found traditional canal-lining design and construction ineffective in appreciably reducing long-term seepage. The annex therefore...