A global and regional perspective of rainwater harvesting in sub-Saharan Africa's rainfed farming systems

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-53

  Karpouzoglou, Timothy ^a,b   Barron, Jennie ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rainwater harvesting technologies

Indexed keywords

RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAIN-FED FARMINGS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSFORMATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FOOD SECURITY; HARVESTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RAINWATER; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84919387625     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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