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Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Irrigation technology in South Africa and Kenya
Autores: | Monteiro,Rodrigo Otávio Câmara; Kalungu,Jokastah Wanzuu; Coelho,Rubens Duarte.
Data: | 2010-10-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Irrigation dissemination; Irrigated arid and semi-arid regions; Irrigated agriculture.
Resumo: | This paper reviews various irrigation technologies in both South Africa and Kenya that enable improvements in their socio-economic conditions. The two countries are located in semi-arid areas that experience extreme fluctuations in the availability of rain water for plant growth. Population growth exceeds the ability to produce food in numerous countries around the world and the two countries are not an exception. This experiment examined the constraints that farmers face and the role of government and nongovernmental organization in the uptake of modern technologies for irrigation. Detailed mechanisms and options to secure sustainable irrigation which are economically viable are considered. Despite the higher production of cereals and grains, fruits, and flowers also thrive in the two countries. Total irrigated area, crops grown and irrigation systems used in the two countries are discussed.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782010001000028
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/S0103-84782010005000175
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.40 n.10 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess