Managing Water for Rainfed Agriculture

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7668
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	International Water Management Institute
Date:	2010
Agency:	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Water Issue Brief, no. 10
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7668
Sector:	Agriculture Water Resource & Irrigation
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Subject(s):	agriculture water management food supply
Abstract:	"Rainfed agriculture produces much of the food consumed by poor communities in developing countries. It accounts for more than 95% of farmed land in sub-Saharan Africa; 90% in Latin America; 75% in the Near East and North Africa; 65% in East Asia; and 60% in South Asia. Water productivity, 'the volume of crop produced per drop', tends to be low in rainfed farming systems, while losses from evaporation are high."

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