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UNINA9910462755803321 |
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Titolo |
Water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by William Critchley and John Gowing ; associate editor, Eefke Mollee |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94248-8 |
0-203-10998-8 |
1-136-27306-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CritchleyWill |
GowingJohn W |
MolleeEefke |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Water harvesting - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Water-supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acronyms and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Water harvesting for crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges, concepts and practices; Chapter 3 A review of the recent literature on water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 4 Burkina Faso: A cradle of farm-scale technologies; Chapter 5 Ethiopia: Opportunities for building on tradition - time for action; Chapter 6 Kenya: From drought relief to business model |
Chapter 7 Niger: Small-scale and simple for sustainabilityChapter 8 Tanzania: Bright spots and barriers to adoption; Chapter 9 Sudan: Ancient traditions receiving a new impetus; Chapter 10 Zimbabwe: Keeping runoff on the land; Chapter 11 Investing in water for agriculture in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Considerations for a conducive policy environment; Chapter 12 Conclusions, lessons and an agenda for action; Glossary; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable |
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