Investigating the water balance of on-farm techniques for improved crop productivity in rainfed systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-98

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

^a Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fanya juus; Field scale; Improved tillage techniques; Rainwater harvesting; Soil moisture; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; CROPS; DROUGHT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

FANYA JUUS; FIELD SCALE; IMPROVED TILLAGE TECHNIQUES; RAINWATER HARVESTING; WATER BALANCE;

MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; TILLAGE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

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

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57649109912     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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