Data/hora: 07/06/2024 05:19:53

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Shallow groundwater in the Atankwidi Catchment of the White Volta Basin: current status and future sustainability
Autores: | Barry,   Boubacar; Kortatsi,   Benony; Forkuor,   Gerald; Gumma,   Murali Krishna; Namara,   Regassa E.; Rebelo,   Lisa-Maria; van den Berg,   Joost; Laube,   Wolfram.
Data: | 2011-08-12
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Groundwater irrigation; Aquifers; River basins; Catchment areas; Irrigation practices; Remote sensing; Mapping; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Resumo: | The Atankwidi Catchment, which lies in the White Volta Basin in West Africa, is intensively cultivated by locals for economic gains. During dry seasons, farmers irrigate their crops, chiefly tomatoes, using shallow groundwater harvested from shallow ponds they dig using simple tools like an axe, hoe, bucket and bowls. Recent expansion in cultivated areas has brought to the fore the need to estimate the volume of shallow groundwater stored in the catchment’s underlying aquifer and to what extent it can sustain the incremental growth in irrigated areas.
Tipo: | Report
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

978-92-9090-737-4

1026-0862

http://purl.umn.edu/112969

Relação:

International Water Management Institute&gt;IWMI Research Reports

IWMI Research Report

139

Formato: | 23p.