Water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa [electronic resource] / edited by William Critchley and John Gowing ; associate editor, Eefke Mollee.
Material type: TextPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.Description: xv, 201 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780203109984 (e-book : PDF)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction / William Critchley and John Gowing -- 2. Water harvesting for crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges, concepts and practices / William Critchley and Susanne M. Scheierling -- 3. A review of the recent literature on water harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa / Jetske Bouma, William Critchley and Jennie Barron -- 4. Burkina Faso : a cradle of farm-scale technologies / Seraphine Kabore-Sawadogo ... [et al.] -- 5. Ethiopia : opportunities for building on tradition : time for action / Adane Abebe ... [et al.] -- 6. Kenya : from drought relief to business model / Alex Oduor ... [et al.] -- 7. Niger : small-scale and simple for sustainability / Sabina Di Prima, Abdou Hassane and Chris Reij -- 8. Tanzania : bright spots and barriers to adoption / Henry Mahoo ... [et al.] -- 9. Sudan : ancient traditions receiving a new impetus / William Critchley ... [et al.] -- 10. Zimbabwe : keeping runoff on the land / Douglas Gumbo ... [et al.] -- 11. Investing in water for agriculture in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa : considerations for a conducive policy environment / Denyse Snelder ... [et al.] -- 12. Conclusions, lessons and an agenda for action / John Gowing and William Critchley.
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