Rainwater-smart agriculture in arid and semi-arid areas : fostering the use of rainwater for food security, poverty alleviation, landscape restoration and climate resilience /: fostering the use of rainwater for food security, poverty alleviation, landscape restoration and climate resilience. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Walter Leal Filho, Josep de Trincheria Gomez, editors.
• Editors: Leal Filho, Walter; Gomez, Josep de Trincheria
• Contents: Preface: Rainwater-smart concept, goals and objectives, structure.- Using rainwater for off-season small-scale irrigation in arid and semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa: Key working principles and best practices.- Fostering food security and climate resilience through integrated landscape restoration practices and rainwater harvesting management in arid and semi-arid areas of Ethiopia.- Towards Optimizing the Performance and Cost-effectiveness of Farm Pond Technology for Small-scale Irrigation in Semi-arid Farming Systems of Kenya.- The promise of developing flood based farming systems in arid and semi-arid areas.- Adaptations in water harvesting technologies for enhancing food security and livelihood: A multi-country study in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Roads: instruments for water harvesting and resilience.- Fostering the use of rainwater for off-season small-scale irrigation in arid and semi-arid areas of Ethiopia.- Fostering the adoption of in-situ rainwater harvesting for food security in Rwenzori region, Uganda.- Rainwater management to restore ecosystems and foster food production: A case study in the semi-arid region of Minas Gerais in Brazil.- Innovative rainwater harvesting technologies for pastoralists in arid and semi-arid areas: a case study in Borena zone, Oromiya region, Ethiopia.- Rainwater harvesting options to support off-season small-scale irrigation in arid and semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe.- Fostering the use of rainwater for off-season small-scale irrigation in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya.- Benefits and challenges of dugout rainwater harvesting ponds in Tigray, Ethiopia.- Rainwater harvesting irrigation – a strategic measure for integrated rural development in the dry mountainous areas of Gansu Province, China.- Improving the Efficiency of runoff pond system for supplementary Irrigation in Kenya: The case of Masongaleni Village, Makueni County..- The 'majaluba' rice production system: A rainwater harvesting 'bright spot' in Tanzania.- Management of rainwater resources for rehabilitation of degraded lands in arid and semi-arid region of southern Pakistan.- Low-tech irrigation strategies for smallholder vegetable farmers in Kenya.- Lessons learned in the replication and scaling-up of rainwater harvesting technologies in arid and semi-arid areas: A case study of Kilifi County, Kenya.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 628.142; Environment; Water harvesting -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Food supply -- Security measures -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Rainwater -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General; Rainwater; Water harvesting; Environment; Climate Change; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Agriculture; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Science -- Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Environmental management; Agricultural science; Regional & area planning; Climatic changes; Agriculture; Regional planning; Climate change; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319662398; 3319662392
• Related ISBNs: 9783319662381; 3319662384
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 10, 2018).
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