Agriculture: Increase water harvesting in Africa

Agriculture in Africa

Floodwater Harvesting for Improving Dryland Agriculture

Bandsar agriculture: indigenous runoff-harvesting &climate change resilience in Iranian dry lands

Iranians have a very long history of water harvesting to address water scarcity and the consequences of frequent droughts. Among these strategies, Bandsar is a wide spread indigenous practice, which has been utilized in the central and the southern part of Khorasan province (the northeast Iran). Bandsar in Persian means a series of consecutive bands, berms, levees, or dikes. A Bandsar consists ...

Water, Agriculture, and Food Interactions

Contents 1. Introduction 2. The forces that shape agriculture 3. Characteristics of water use for food production 4. How much water to produce food? 5. The outlook for water for agriculture 6. Adapting to water scarcity 7. Rural poverty, water and food security 8. The special role of groundwater 9. Food production and the aquatic environment Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch

Seasonal water demand in Benin's agriculture.

This paper describes and analyzes agricultural water demands for Benin, West Africa. Official statistical data regarding water quantities as well as knowledge on factors influencing the demand for water are extremely rare and often reveal national trends without considering regional or local differences. Thus policy makers usually work with this estimated and aggregated data, which make it very...