Towards a better understanding of water partitioning processes for improved smallholder rainfed agricultural systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 15-18, 2007, Pages 1082-1089

  Makurira, H ^a   Savenije, H H G ^b,d   Uhlenbrook, S ^b   Rockstrom J ^c   Senzanje, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dry spell mitigation; Infield hydrology; Semi arid agriculture; Smallholder systems; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; RAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CROP YIELD; RAINFED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; WATER PARTITIONING;

CATCHMENTS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; PARTITIONING; RAINWATER; SEMIARID REGION; SMALLHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548595204     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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