LEADER 04546oam 22005655 450 001 9910798791003321 005 20170920012831.0 010 $a1-4648-0897-X 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-0896-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000852001 035 $a(EBL)4676945 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4676945 035 $a(DNAL)1345252 035 $a(The World Bank)19046310 035 $a(US-djbf)19046310 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000852001 100 $a20160401d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aImproved crop productivity for Africa's drylands /$fTom Walker, with Tom Hash, Fred Rattunde, and Eva Weltzien 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 110 pages) $cillustrations ;$d26 cm 225 0 $aA World Bank study 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4648-0896-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aFront Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2 Dry Spells, Poor Soils, and Dryland Zones; Drought; Low Soil Fertility; Defining Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; Notes; Chapter 3 Prospects for Genetic Improvement; Maintaining and Accelerating the Pace of Varietal Change; Prospects for New Varieties Well-adapted to the Drylands; Cereal Hybrids in West Africa; Notes; Chapter 4 Prospects for Improved Crop Management; Intensification of Input Use; Conservation Agriculture; Microdosing Fertilizer 327 $aSeed TreatmentsChapter 5 Prospects for Improved Land Management; Improved Intercropping Systems; Agroforestry Innovations Appropriate for the Drylands; Animal Traction; Response Farming; Chapter 6 Crop and Rainfall Insurance; Chapter 7 Climate Change; Chapter 8 Technology Diffusion Prospects by 2030; Prospects in the Arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Semi-Arid Zone; Prospects in the Wet Semi-arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Sub-humid Zone; Research and Technology Transfer Costs; Note; Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions; References; Boxes 327 $a2.1 Extensification versus Intensification in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa2.2 Planting is Risky in the Drylands; 2.3 Intensive Cases Studies versus Large-scale Surveys in Analyzing Coping Strategies; 2.4 Historical Incidence and Severity of Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.5 Institutional Response to Recurring Drought in Niger; 3.1 Release of First Striga-resistant Sorghum Varieties Developed Using Marker-Assisted Selection; 3.2 Possibility of Producing Irrigated Pearl Millet During the Dry Hot Season in the Sahel; 3.3 Pearl Millet and Sorghum Hybrids in India 327 $a4.1 Risk and Expected Profitability in Dryland Agriculture5.1 Tank Irrigation: Water Harvesting and Storage in Peninsular India; 6.1 Risk Benefits from Crop Insurance; Figures ; 2.1 Relationship between Cereal Production and Rainfall, 1960 to 2000, Burkina Faso; 2.2 Distribution of Countries by Cropped Area Across the Dryland Zones and Total; 2.3 Share of Area (%) by Crop Category by Dryland Zone; 3.1 Adoption of Modern Varieties by Crop, 2010 (% of area harvested); 3.2 Adoption of Maize and Cassava Improved Cultivars, 1997/98 versus 2009/10 327 $a4.1 Area-weighted Dryland Maize Yield Distributions by Agro-ecologyTables ; 2.1 Composition of Rainfed Crop Area, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.2 Characteristics of Dryland Crop Zones in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa); 2.3 Relative Importance of Crops in Dryland Areas, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.4 Relative Importance of Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; 3.1 Weighted Average Percent Adoption by Crop Across AI Zones, 2010; 7.1 Effect of Warming and CO2 Increase on Crop Yields to 2050 327 $a8.1 Most Promising Crop Productivity Improvement Technologies for Arid Zones, 2030 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aArid regions agriculture$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aCrop yields$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 615 0$aArid regions agriculture 615 0$aCrop yields 676 $a630.915/40967 700 $aWalker$b T. S.$01581084 702 $aWalker$b Tom 801 0$bDNAL/DLC 801 1$bDNAL 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798791003321 996 $aImproved crop productivity for Africa's drylands$93862413 997 $aUNINA