Water harvesting for agriculture is a term that means different things to different people. Misconceptions and unclear definitions are common - water harvesting is often confused with irrigation, soil and water conservation or other technologies; while engineers and scientists m…
Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also ‘natural leakage’ - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of …
Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also 'natural leakage, - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of …
This book provides a presentation of the realization of improved rainfed agriculture yield in semi-arid and dry land areas. The incentive of watershed programs is to increase the return on investment with over 20% for 65% of the projects that are currently underperforming. Besid…
Water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Critchley, Will, Gowing, John W., Mollee, Eefke
Water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa