Water management for rainfed smallholder farming

Studer, Christoph (2020). Water management for rainfed smallholder farming In: The sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science: Vol. 93 (pp. 67-131). Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

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This chapter aims to show how small-scale farmers can use water more efficiently, productively and sustainably in rainfed production. We will first discuss general aspects of how water use in crop and livestock production may be improved – measures that are important and useful in both rainfed as well as in irrigated agricultural production. Then we will focus specifically on rainfed agriculture and describe numerous practical options to help smallholder farmers use precipitation water more efficiently and productively. We will discuss ways of upgrading rainfed agricultural production and important broader issues regarding water and agriculture that have to be considered to assure that we will have enough water to feed the world in future.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture > International Agriculture and Rural Development
Name:	Studer, Christoph
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
ISBN:	9781786764300
Series:	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publisher:	Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christoph Studer
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2021 15:12
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2021 15:12
Uncontrolled Keywords:	rainfed agriculture, evapotranspiration, infiltration, water use efficiency (WUE), water productivity (WP), water harvesting, good agricultural practices
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/14033