Review and quantitative assessment of ex situ household rainwater harvesting systems in Ethiopia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1215-1227

  Moges, Girma ^a,b   Hengsdijk, H ^b   Jansen, H C ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Rain water ponds; Rain water tanks; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CASH CROPS; COST-BENEFIT; ETHIOPIA; EX SITU; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; META ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RAIN WATER PONDS; RAIN WATER TANKS; RAINFALL CONDITION; RAINWATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE USE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER LIFTING; WATER NEEDS;

CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER TANKS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CASH CROPPING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ETHIOPIA;

ALLIUM CEPA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79956349604     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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