Climate change adaptation strategies: Water resources management options for smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNgigi, S. N.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:48Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:48Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis report describes a study that evaluated water management systems and their potential to address water scarcity problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Stress on water availability induced by climate change is negatively affecting smallholders causing crop productivity to decline. This study also notes that political and financial support of these small-scale water management systems is very important for sustainability. These researchers argue that there needs to be a Blue Revolution similar to the African Green Revolution, which addresses current water management plans, new irrigation strategies, and several solutions to decreasing crop yields. This report discusses different ways that this Blue Revolution could help solve the water scarcity and food security problems in Western Africa.en
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dc.identifier4658en
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9059-264-8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68902en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, NY: The Earth Institute at Columbia Universityen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/climate-change-adaptation-strategiesen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderThe Rockefeller Foundation, 2010. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectWater managementen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectRainfed agricultureen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectIrrigationen
dc.subjectMicro-crediten
dc.subjectRevolving grantsen
dc.subjectCrop insuranceen
dc.subjectMarketing infrastructureen
dc.subjectValue additionen
dc.subjectAgriculture water managementen
dc.subjectCrop yieldsen
dc.subjectInvestmentsen
dc.subjectRainwater harvestingen
dc.subjectBlue revolutionen
dc.subjectHydro-climatologyen
dc.subjectMicro-irrigation systemen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectField Scale Governanceen
dc.titleClimate change adaptation strategies: Water resources management options for smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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