120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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This topic is central to contemporary concerns for more sustainable agricultural development. This is a well-written and clear book, with excellent data, tables and illustrations, addressing issues of water use, climate change, poverty and small farmers. The authors are highly respected and complement each other's acknowledged international expertise.'
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Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1: Drylands, People and Land Use
2: Cereal Production in Drylands
3: Enhancing Cereal Production in Drylands
4: Social and Economic Aspects of Dryland Investment
5: Wider Issues of Water in Drylands
Conclusions
Bibliography
Annexes
Index
Biography
P. Koohafkan is Director of the Natural Resources Management and Environment Department at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, based in Rome, Italy; B.A. Stewart is Director of the Dryland Agriculture Institute at West Texas A&M University, USA, and a former president of the Soil Science Society of America.
'Would be well used to inform the discussion in scientific papers.' Blair M. McKenzie, Cambridge University Press, 2009. '[The book] describes how improved water conservation, water harvesting and investment options can contribute to ths, and suggests policies for the more efficient use of existing natural resources in order to lessen the dependence of agriculture on futher irrigation development.' Biotechnology, Agronomy Society and Environment, 2009.
