Water Productivity in Rainfed Agriculture

Based on research conducted in the semi-arid Makanya catchment of northern Tanzania, where rainfall averaging less than 400 mm/season is insufficient to support common food crops, this book discusses the application of direct and indirect techniques to explore the soil and water dynamics at field scale. It demonstrates that there is indeed scope to increase crop water productivity provided the local farmers adopt more efficient cultivation techniques. The book also confirms that no single solution exists to solve the problem of low yields in rainfed farming systems.