A watershed approach to upgrade rainfed agriculture in water scarce regions through Water System Innovations: An integrated research initiative on water for food and rural livelihoods in balance with ecosystem functions

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 29, Issue 15-18 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1109-1118

  Rockström, Johan ^a,b   Folke, C ^b   Gordon, L ^b   Hatibu, N ^c   Jewitt, G ^d   Penning de Vries, F ^e   Rwehumbiza, F ^c   Sally, H ^e   Savenije, H ^f   Schulze, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Rainfed agriculture; Semi arid; Water productivity; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

CROP GROWTH; FOOD PRODUCTION;

WATERSHEDS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FARM CROPS; HYDROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SHEDS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; PANGANI BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; THUKELA BASIN;

EID: 5144227547     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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