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Livestock Water Productivity
 

Livestock Water Productivity

The Rangeland Journal
Special Issue Volume 31 Number 2

Edited by:
Tilahun Amede  
Brien E. (Ben) Norton  
Deborah Bossio  

100 pages
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING



   
Paperback - 2009
Code: RJ31/02 - AU $ 75.00
 

 This Special Issue is dedicated to Don Peden who led the way in developing the concept of Livestock Water Productivity.

The threat of water scarcity in sub-Saharan Africa is real, due to the expanding agricultural needs, climate variability and inappropriate land use. Livestock keeping is the fastest growing agricultural sector, partly because of increasing and changing demands for adequate, quality and diverse food for people, driven by growing incomes and demographic transitions. Besides the economic benefits, rising livestock production could also deplete water and aggravate water scarcity at local and global scales. The insufficient understanding of livestock–water interactions also led to low livestock productivity, impeded sound decision on resources management and undermined achieving positive returns on investments in agricultural water across sub-Saharan Africa. This special issue highlights the various technologies and practices that would enable improving water productivity at various scales and the premises required to reverse the negative trends of water depletion and land degradation.

 

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