Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
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 agricultur…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Gowing, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-136-27306-3
- EAN: 9781136273063
- Produktnummer: 14834961
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 10'345 KB
- Abbildungen: 39 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 19 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 20 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 14 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
William Critchley is a Senior Sustainable Land Management Specialist at the Centre for International Cooperation, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands. John Gowing is a Reader in Agricultural Water Management, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Contributors: Adane Abebe, Ermias Alemu, M. Balima, Jennie Barron, Jetske Bouma, Martin Bwalya, Kipruto Cherogony, Asha Mohamed Deen, Sabina Di Prima, Abdalla Osman Eissa, Abdelaziz Gaiballa, Douglas Gumbo, Abdou Hassane, Seraphine Kabore-Sawadogo, F.C. Kahimba, Ralph Lasage, H.F. Mahoo, Maimbo Malesu, B.P. Mbilinyi, Eefke Mollee, K.D. Mutabazi, Isaiah Nyagumbo, Alex Oduor, Korodjouma Ouattara, I. Ouédraogo, Chris Reij, P.Reuben, F.B. Rwehumbiza, Hilmy Sally, M. Savadogo, Susanne M. Scheierling, Denyse Snelder, S. Traoré, S.D. Tumbo, Kifle Woldearegay and Menas Wuta.
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