Contribution of rainwater harvesting technologies to rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe: The case of Ngundu ward in Chivi District

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dc.contributor.authorMutekwa, V.en
dc.contributor.authorKusangaya, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween
dc.coverage.spatialSouthern Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:15Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:15Zen
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed the livelihood impacts of rain-water harvesting (RWH) technologies in a drought-prone region of Zimbabwe and provides qualitative evidence of increased crop water efficiency. They find that infiltration pits are the most popular RWH technology. Water harvesting provides enough soil moisture for relay cropping and growing a second crop in the dry season. Farmers adopt RWH strategies primarily because of livelihood benefits (ability to grow water-sensitive cash crops: sugar cane, vegetables, bananas, etc., but also identify positive externalities of reduced of soil erosion, maintaining soil fertility, conserving soil moisture, and potential groundwater recharge as benefits of RWH.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4449en
dc.identifier.citationWater SA 32(3): 437-444en
dc.identifier.issn0378-4738en
dc.identifier.issn1816-7950en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68751en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://ajol.info/index.php/wsa/article/view/5270en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectArid zonesen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectRainwater harvestingen
dc.subjectWater conservationen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleContribution of rainwater harvesting technologies to rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe: The case of Ngundu ward in Chivi Districten
dc.typeAbstracten
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