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Water harvesting for agriculture in the dry areas /
Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also 'natural leakage, - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press/Balkema,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also 'natural leakage, - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water. How does water harvesting work? Which sites or areas are best suited and how can these areas be identified? How to design, build and maintain a water harvesting system tailored to local needs? How can water harvesting contribute to combating land degradation, enhancing food security and adapting to clim. |
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| Notas: | "A Balkema book." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages, [26] pages of color plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780203106259 0203106253 9780429185168 0429185162 |