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Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Engelsk
Bogcover for Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa af , 9780415537865
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780415537865
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
041553786X
Udg. Dato:
30 nov 2012
Størrelse i cm:
23,2 x 15,8 x 1,3
Oplagsdato:
30 nov 2012

Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Engelsk
Paperback 2012
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Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on farmers’ fields – water harvesting. This book defines water harvesting as a set of approaches which occupy an intermediate position along the water-management spectrum extending from in situ moisture conservation to irrigated agriculture. They generally comprise small-scale systems that induce, collect, store and make use of local surface runoff for agriculture. 

The authors review development experience and set out the state of the art of water harvesting for crop production and other benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes an assessment of water harvesting schemes that were initiated two or three decades ago when interest was stimulated by the droughts of the 1970s and 1980s. These provide lessons to promote sustainable development of dryland agriculture in the face of changing environmental conditions. Case studies from eight countries across Sub-Saharan Africa provide the evidence base. Each follows a similar format and is based on assessments conducted in collaboration with in-country partners, with a focus on attempts to promote adoption of water harvesting, both horizontally (spread) and vertically (institutionalization). Introductory cross-cutting chapters as well as an analytical conclusion are also included.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780415537865
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
041553786X
Udg. Dato:
30 nov 2012
Størrelse i cm:
23,2 x 15,8 x 1,3
Oplagsdato:
30 nov 2012
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