Up-scaling of rain-water harvesting for crop production in the communal lands of the Modder River basin in South Africa: Comparing upstream and downstream scenarios

Water SA

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-228

  Woyessa, Y E ^a   Pretorius, E ^a   Hensley, M ^b   Van Rensburg, L D ^b   Van Heerden, P S ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Rain water harvesting; River basin; Small scale farming

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EVAPORATION; RAIN; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; IRWH TECHNIQUES; RAIN-WATER HARVESTING; SMALL-SCALE FARMING;

HARVESTING;

CULTIVATION; EVAPORATION; HARVESTING; RAIN; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

CATCHMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION;

BASINS; CULTIVATION; EVAPORATION; HARVESTING; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL;

AFRICA; BLOEMFONTEIN; FREE STATE; MODDER BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645868655     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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