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Water and Cereals in Drylands (Paperback)
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Water and Cereals in Drylands (Paperback)
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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.' Professor Jules Pretty, University of
Essex, UK 'This useful guide shows that there is great potential
for increasing the productive capacity of smallholder farms in the
drylands via a range of water management techniques, from the
simple to the more complex. Providing a theoretical grounding and a
practical guide, Water and cereals in the drylands will appeal to
workers on-location as well as students, researchers and
policymakers.' New Agriculturalist Cereals are by far the most
important source of food throughout the world, either directly for
human consumption or indirectly in the form of animal feed for
livestock products consumed as food. With world population set to
rise to nine billion by 2050, there is an urgent need to examine
ways to increase cereal production. Indeed recently the future of
cereal production and consumption has been complicated by rising
energy prices and the economics of biofuels, which are competing
for the use of cereals. One way to increase cereal production is by
the more effective use of marginal dryland areas. This book reviews
the potential for increased cereal production in drylands across
the world, from the USA, Australia and Southern Europe to Asia and
Africa. It describes how improved water conservation, water
harvesting and investment options can contribute to this, and
suggests policies for the more efficient use of existing natural
resources in order to lessen the dependence of agriculture on
further irrigation development.
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