Improving rainwater-use in Cabo Verde drylands by reducing runoff and erosion

Geoderma

Volumn 237, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-297

  Baptista, I ^a,b   Ritsema, C ^b   Querido, A ^c   Ferreira, A D ^d   Geissen, V ^b  

^a National Institute of Agricultural Research and Development   (Cape Verde)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Environment Energy and Natural Disaster Prevention Unit Office of United Nations   (Cape Verde)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cabo Verde; Dryland; Erosion; Land management techniques; Rainwater use; Runoff

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MANURES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WOODEN FENCES;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; CABO VERDE; DRYLAND; DRYLAND AGRICULTURE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; RAIN WATER USE; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA];

EID: 84907542609     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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