Water Harvesting for Upgrading of Rainfed Agriculture
Problem Analysis and Research Needs
This report has been financially supported by the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, MISTRA.
SIWI Report 11 Published 2001 by Stockholm International Water Institute Sveavgen 59 SE-113 59 Stockholm Sweden Front cover: Quadrata HB Printed by Arkpressen ISBN 91-974183-0-7 ISSN 1404-2134
Contents
Authors……………………………………………………………… Preface………………………………………………………………. Executive summary………………………………………………… The hidden foodgap………………………………………………… Part I. The problem…………………………………………………. Why farmers yields are so low……………………………… Water Harvesting - the concept in short……………………. Farmers approach to drought risks…………………………. Part II. Regional approaches………………………………………. Sub Saharan Africa - rapidly growing interest……………. India - revival of ancient technique………………………… China – attempts to curbing rural exodus………………… Part III. Research gaps and avenues………………………………. Acknowledgement…………………………………………………… References…………………………………………………………….
Authors
Falkenmark, Malin Professor Stockholm International Water Institute Sveavgen 59 113 59 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 8 522 139 77 E-mail: malin.falkenmark@siwi.org Doctorand Institute for System Ecology Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 8 164 254 E-mail: patrickf@system.ecology.su.se Assistant Professor Department of Soil Sciences, SLU P.O. Box 7014 S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden Phone: +46 18 671238 E-mail: gunn.person@mv.slu.se Advisor Water and Soil Fertility IHE-Delft PO Box 3015 2601 DA Delft Phone: +31 (0)15 21 51 711 (766) E-mail: jro@ihe.nl
Fox, Patrick
Persson, Gunn
Rockstrm, Johan
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