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'...

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Main Author: Critchley, William
Other Authors: Gowing, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Summary: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, coll.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages)
ISBN:9781136273063
1136273069
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.