Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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.
Subjects:
Water harvesting > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Water-supply > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Hydraulics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Irrigation.
Water harvesting
Water-supply
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acronyms and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Water harvesting for crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges, concepts and practices; Chapter 3 A review of the recent literature on water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 4 Burkina Faso: A cradle of farm-scale technologies; Chapter 5 Ethiopia: Opportunities for building on tradition
  • time for action; Chapter 6 Kenya: From drought relief to business model.
  • Chapter 7 Niger: Small-scale and simple for sustainabilityChapter 8 Tanzania: Bright spots and barriers to adoption; Chapter 9 Sudan: Ancient traditions receiving a new impetus; Chapter 10 Zimbabwe: Keeping runoff on the land; Chapter 11 Investing in water for agriculture in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Considerations for a conducive policy environment; Chapter 12 Conclusions, lessons and an agenda for action; Glossary; Index.

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