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Jayashree, B.[Contour bunding preserves soils and boosts farmers' incomes by 20% in Mali]Contour bunding preserves soils and boosts farmers' incomes by 20% in Mali

A crop growth simulation model was used to study the impact of climate change for the period 2010,2050 on water productivity of rainfed rice. In general, the results suggest that water productivity of rainfed rice may increase significantly in the upper basin in Laos and Thailand and may decrease...


Mainuddin, M.Kirby, M.Hoanh, Chu Thai[Water productivity responses and adaptation to climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin.]Water productivity responses and adaptation to climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin.

The threat of water scarcity in sub-Saharan Africa is real, due to the expanding agricultural needs, climate variability and inappropriate land use. Livestock keeping is the fastest growing agricultural sector, partly because of increasing and changing demands for adequate, quality and diverse fo...


Amede, TilahunDescheemaeker, KatrienPeden, Donald G.Rooyen, Andre F. van[Harnessing benefits from improved livestock water productivity in crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis]Harnessing benefits from improved livestock water productivity in crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis

Purpose – The main purposes of this paper were to assess effects of smallholder farmers access to livelihood capital (e.g. land, livestock and water) on livestock water productivity (LWP) and to evaluate impacts of selected interventions in reducing livestock water demand (per unit of livestock p...


Haileslassie, AmareBlümmel, MichaelClement, FlorianeIshaq, S.Khan, M.A.[Adapting livestock water productivity to climate change]Adapting livestock water productivity to climate change

In the East African highlands, crop yields tend to increase with proximity of the farm plots to homesteads. Farmers identified soil erosion as the most detrimental cause of low crop yield in the outfields followed by soil compaction due to livestock trampling. The main objective of this study was...


Amede, TilahunMenza, M.Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele[Zai improves nutrient and water productivity in the Ethiopian highlands]Zai improves nutrient and water productivity in the Ethiopian highlands

With increasing water scarcity and competing uses and users, water use efficiency is becoming increasingly important in many parts of developing countries. The lake Naivasha basin has an array of different water users and uses ranging from large scale export market agriculture, urban domestic wat...


Njiraini, G.W.Guthiga, Paul M.[Are small-scale irrigators water use efficient? Evidence from Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya]Are small-scale irrigators water use efficient? Evidence from Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya

The West African Sahel rainfall regime is known for its spatio-temporal variability at different scales which has a strong impact on vegetation development. This study presents results of the combined use of a simple water balance model, a radiative transfer model and ERS scatterometer data to ...


Jarlan, L.Mazzega, P.Mougin, E.Lavenu, F.Marty, G.Frison, P.L.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.[Mapping of Sahelian vegetation parameters from ERS scatterometer data with an evolution strategies algorithm]Mapping of Sahelian vegetation parameters from ERS scatterometer data with an evolution strategies algorithm

Current approaches to estimate freshwater use in livestock production systems generally fail to consider the competition for water resources with alternative uses, such as production of food crops food or other ecosystem services. This article presents a new method to account for the competition ...


Ran, YlvaMiddelaar, C.E.M VanLannerstad, MatsHerrero, Mario T.Boer, Imke J.M. de[Freshwater use in livestock production—To be used for food crops or livestock feed?]Freshwater use in livestock production—To be used for food crops or livestock feed?

Amede, TilahunTarawali, Shirley A.Peden, Donald G.[Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions: Editorial comment]Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions: Editorial comment

Obtaining representative meteorological data for watershed-scale hydrological modelling can be difficult and time consuming. Land-based weather stations do not always adequately represent the weather occurring over a watershed, because they can be far from the watershed of interest and can have g...


Fuka, D.R.Walter, M.T.MacAlister, C.Degaetano, A.T.Steenhuis, Tammo S.Easton, Z.M.[Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models]Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models

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