Opportunities to increase water productivity in agriculture with special reference to Africa and South Asia

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Opportunities to increase water productivity in agriculture with special reference to Africa and South Asia [1]

This report contains a list of key messages that together can effectively improve the conditions for food productions and poverty alleviation. There is a large potential to improve water productivity through improved and known water and land management practices, says co-author Jennie Barron. Water productivity is a measure of the amount of water needed to generate an amount of produce. Water stress is increasing in a number of countries, and regions are moving into water stressed conditions that render livelihood support from crops, livestock and ecosystems critically difficult.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): & et al [2], Jennie Barron [3], Jacob Kijne [4], Holger Hoff [5]

Source: Stockholm Environment Institute [6]

Tags:

Ecosystem Services [7], Land Use [8], Agriculture [9], Livestock [10], Water Resources [11], Water Management [12], Water Harvesting [13], Irrigation [14], Watershed Development [15], Poverty [16], Africa [17], India [18], South Asia [19], Food Security [20]

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