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Sustainable Water Management in Smallholder Farming: Theory and Practice
Sara Finley
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Description for Sustainable Water Management in Smallholder Farming: Theory and Practice
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: RNFD; RNU; TQSW; TVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Water is critical to all human activities, but access to this crucial resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects of climate change. In agriculture, water management is key to ensuring good and sustained crop yields, maintaining soil health, and safeguarding the long-term viability of the land. Water management is especially challenging on smallholder farms in resource-poor areas, which tend to be primarily rainfed and thus highly dependent on unreliable rainfall patterns. Sustainable practices can help farmers promote the development of soils, plants and field surfaces to allow maximum retention of water between rains, and encourage the efficient use ... Read more
Water is critical to all human activities, but access to this crucial resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects of climate change. In agriculture, water management is key to ensuring good and sustained crop yields, maintaining soil health, and safeguarding the long-term viability of the land. Water management is especially challenging on smallholder farms in resource-poor areas, which tend to be primarily rainfed and thus highly dependent on unreliable rainfall patterns. Sustainable practices can help farmers promote the development of soils, plants and field surfaces to allow maximum retention of water between rains, and encourage the efficient use ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
CABI Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
474g
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780646879
SKU
V9781780646879
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