Conservation agriculture for the dry-land areas of the Yellow River Basin: Increasing the productivity, sustainability, equity and water use efficiency of dry-land agriculture, while protecting downstream water users

Soil erosion is a major problem in the Yellow River Basin: the river is one of the most sediment-laden in the world. Although there is a rainfall gradient from 750 mm in southern Shandong, to 200mm per year in northern Ningxia, most of the rainfed cropping area is in regions with more than 400 mm...

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Main Author: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3904

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