Irrigation Sustainability Resources

The Ritso Society has embarked on a project to develop an Irrigation Scheme Sustainability Code. It will take a pro-active and preventative approach, to show that irrigation and intensification of land use can be developed using innovative solutions that both increase economic wealth and maintain high environmental standards. Social challenges, opportunities and benefits will also be a component of the project.

The project will bring together the wide range of information on irrigation and develop a generic Irrigation Scheme Sustainability Code, which will then be tailored to the Canterbury Central Plains Scheme. The code will be relevant to existing irrigation schemes and proposed schemes throughout New Zealand.

This programme has been assisted by a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Sustainable Farming Fund.

Reports commissioned by The Ritso Society can be downloaded from the Reports page on this site.

• Options for efficiency gains through trading within a community irrigation scheme
• Comparison of Piped and Open channel distribution of Irrigation water supplies

We welcome your feedback on this Irrigation Sustainability Resources database, particularly any relevant resources, groups or projects which you are aware of that we do not have listed. Contact us at info@ritso.org.nz

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Economic (National and On-farm) Environmental Government and Policy Planning (National & Regional) International Ongoing Community and Research Groups and Projects Social Technical Irrigation and Farming Technical Water