Rainwater harvesting technologies in the Sahelian zone of West Africa and the potential for outscaling

In West Africa, especially in the Sahelian countries of Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Mauritania, erratic rainfall sequences within and between years has often led to a high uncertainty in rainfed crop production. Over the past three decades, severe food shortages attributed to drought have been fre...

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Main Authors:	Barry, Boubacar, Olaleye, Adesola O., Zougmoré, Robert B., Fatondji, D.
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Water Management Institute 2008
Subjects:	rainwater water harvesting water conservation population growth food shortage food security economic analysis soil properties villages erosion infiltration soil moisture sorghum water use efficiency
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39221