Rainfall Collection for Agriculture in Arid and Semiarid Regions

Download or read book Rainfall Collection for Agriculture in Arid and Semiarid Regions written by Gordon R. Dutt and published by C.A.B. International. This book was released on 1981 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water harvesting for dryland and floodwater farming on the Navajo Indian Reservvation; Evaluation of materials for inducing runoff and use of these materials in runoff farming; Establishment of NaCl-harvesting catchments; Surface storage for water-harvesting agrisystems; Deciduous tree and vine fruit production using water harvesting techniques; Production of annual crops on microcatchments; Research methodologies for in situ rain harvesting in rain-fed agriculture; Designing farm machinery for rainfed agriculture; Rainfall collection and utilization in the semiarid tropics; Rainfall cololection in Australia; A buried membrane cololector for harvesting rainfall in sandy areas; Rain harvesting for human and livestock consumption in the semidesert high plains ofMexico; Wather for animals, man, and agriculture by water harvesting; Water-catchment practices for range seeding in the arid and semiarid areas of northern Mexico; The soil and water conservation office's rain-harvesting program.