Soil and water conservation (SWC) practices like that of erosion control and soil fertility measures were commonly practiced in the semiarid region of southern Mali since the 1980s. The SWC practices were mainly meant to increase water availability in the subsurface, reduce farm water runoff and ...
Zemadim, Birhanu
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Traoré, K.
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Gumma, Murali K.
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Badolo, F.
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Tabo, R.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[A watershed approach to managing rainfed agriculture in the semiarid region of southern Mali: Integrated research on water and land use]
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A watershed approach to managing rainfed agriculture in the semiarid region of southern Mali: Integrated research on water and land use
The present study argues that there are heterogeneous farm systems within the drylands and each farmsystem is unique in terms of its livelihood asset and agricultural practice, and therefore in sustainability.Our method is based on household survey data collected from 500 farmers in Anantapur and...
Haileslassie, Amare
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Thiagarajah, R.
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Kumar, S.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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Rathor, A.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Ericsson, P.
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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[Empirical evaluation of sustainability of divergent farms in the dryland farming systems of India]
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Empirical evaluation of sustainability of divergent farms in the dryland farming systems of India
The design and diffusion of context-specific technologies is centrally important in the multi-dimensional, complex farming systems in arid and semi-arid regions. This paper uses a mixed-method framework to characterize the complexity and heterogeneity of smallholder farming systems and identifies...
Kumar, S.
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Craufurd, P.
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Ramilan, T.
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Rathore, A.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[Farm typology analysis and technology assessment: an application in an arid region of South Asia]
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Farm typology analysis and technology assessment: an application in an arid region of South Asia