Final UN annex recommends demand-based irrigation management

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...

The annex reported 85,200 hectares of natural forest destroyed and 46,550 exploited for military purposes. These are different reported categories; progress in forest rehabilitation could not be...

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 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...

Alongside permanent reconstruction and resuming interrupted development plans, Iran prioritized stocking materials to prevent electrical-system disruption. The annex treated reserves as part of...

The Ministry of Energy estimated that about three quarters of damage to generating equipment had been permanently reconstructed. Returning facilities to service also involved temporary repairs that...

Materials and spare parts held in bond in Khorramshahr for use outside the war zone were destroyed, with loss estimated at 12,100 million rials. The annex identified this stock loss separately from...