Increasing water and land productivities: Under rainfed agriculture
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Secretariat FAO. (1/4/2018). Increasing water and land productivities: Under rainfed agriculture. Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Abstract
This project scaled-up a supplemental irrigation package, originally
developed under the Water Benchmark Project led by the
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
(ICARDA) and national partners in Morocco and Tunisia. The package
combined supplemental irrigation with appropriate agronomic
management practices, such as sowing times and fertilizer
recommendations. The project improved water resource management
and land productivity at the farm level and subsequently increased
farmers’ incomes. The project also highlighted that the SI package is
most beneficial when rainfall is above 350-400 mm per year.
