Water Productivity in Rainfed Agriculture: Redrawing the Rainbow of Water to Achieve Food Security in Rainfed Smallholder Systems

Author:   Hodson Makurira
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415601207


Pages:   170
Publication Date:   30 December 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Hodson Makurira
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780415601207


ISBN 10:   0415601207
Pages:   170
Publication Date:   30 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction 2. Rainfed Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa 3. The Study Area 4. Research Sites and Observation Techniques 5. Water Partitioning Analysis using Modelling Techniques 6. Productivity Analysis 7. Synthesis of the Research 8. Conclusions

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Hodson Makurira obtained his BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe and his MSc from the International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (now UNESCO-IHE) in Delft, The Netherlands. He worked as a water resources engineer for the Ministry of Water Resources and Development and for the Zimbabwe National Water Authority. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe and involved in several educational and research development programmes. His subjects of expertise are improving livelihoods for semi-arid rainfed environment communities, mitigation of dry spells on crop productivity and water partitioning processes at field scale and the linking to crop productivity.

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