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1 Botha, J. J.; van Rensburg, L. D.; Anderson, J. J.; Kundhlande, G.; Groenewald, D. C.; Macheli, M. 2003. Application of in-field rainwater harvesting in rural villages in semi arid areas of South Africa. In Beukes, D.; de Villiers, M.; Mkhize, S.; Sally, H.; van Rensburg, L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium and Workshop on Water Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (WCT), held at Bloem Spa Lodge and Conference Centre, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 8-11 April 2003. Pretoria, South Africa: ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water. pp.25-32.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G100 BEU Record No: H034383)
2 Botha, J. J.; Anderson, J. J.; van Rensburg, L. D.; Macheli, M. M.; van Staden, P. P. 2003. Water conservation techniques on small plots in semi-arid areas to increase crop yields. In Beukes, D.; de Villiers, M.; Mkhize, S.; Sally, H.; van Rensburg, L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium and Workshop on Water Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (WCT), held at Bloem Spa Lodge and Conference Centre, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 8-11 April 2003. Pretoria, South Africa: ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water. pp.127-133.
Water conservation ; Water harvesting ; Precipitation ; Runoff ; Maize ; Crop yield ; Arid zones / South Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G100 BEU Record No: H034396)
3 Anderson, J. J.; Botha, J. J.; van Rensburg, L. D. 2003. The use of crop modelling to compare different tillage techniques. In Beukes, D.; de Villiers, M.; Mkhize, S.; Sally, H.; van Rensburg, L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium and Workshop on Water Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (WCT), held at Bloem Spa Lodge and Conference Centre, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 8-11 April 2003. Pretoria, South Africa: ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water. pp.162-168.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G100 BEU Record No: H034400)
4 van Rensburg, L. D.; Groenewald, D. C.; Botha, J. J.; Anderson, J. J.; van Staden, P. P.; Kundhlande, G. 2003. The development and evaluation of a physical model for the communication of new crop production techniques to communal farmers. In Beukes, D.; de Villiers, M.; Mkhize, S.; Sally, H.; van Rensburg, L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium and Workshop on Water Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (WCT), held at Bloem Spa Lodge and Conference Centre, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 8-11 April 2003. Pretoria, South Africa: ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water. pp.239-244.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G100 BEU Record No: H034408)
5 van Rensburg, L. D.; Botha, J. J.; Anderson, J. J.; van Staden, P. P. 2003. In-field rainwater harvesting to promote sustainable rural livelihoods. Africa: Agricultural Research Council (ARC) 1 CD.
Water harvesting ; Rain ; Climate ; Crop production ; Tillage ; Soil properties ; Poverty ; Natural resources ; Villages ; Water conservation ; Maize ; Sunflowers ; Beans ; Irrigation water / Africa South of Sahara / Yoxford
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: CD Col Record No: H035483)
6 Hensley, M.; Botha, J. J.; Anderson, J. J.; van Staden, P. P.; du Toit, A. 2000. Optimizing rainfall use efficiency for developing farmers with limited access to irrigation water. Pretoria, South Africa: Water Research Commission. 96p.
Water harvesting ; Precipitation ; Soil water ; Drainage ; Evaporation ; Sunflowers ; Wheat ; Maize ; Yields ; Technology transfer
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 HEN Record No: H039346)
7 Botha, J. J.; Anderson, J. J.; Van Staden, P. P. 2015. Rainwater harvesting and conservation tillage increase maize yields in South Africa. Water Resources and Rural Development, 6:66-77. (Special issue: Managing Rainwater and Small Reservoirs in Sub-Saharan Africa). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2015.04.001]
Rainwater ; Water harvesting ; Water productivity ; Water conservation ; Techniques ; Conventional tillage ; Minimum tillage ; Zero tillage ; Mechanical harvesting ; Soils ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Maize ; On farm research ; Farmers ; Rural areas / South Africa / Eastern Cape / Limpopo / Free State
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047514)
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Poverty and food insecurity are common amongst rural communities in the sub-Saharan African region. The rural population of South Africa is not excluded from poverty. With normal conventional tillage practices, crop failures are common on marginal soils in semi-arid areas with low and erratic rainfall. Therefore, selected rural communities in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Free State Provinces of South Africa were introduced to appropriate rainwater harvesting and conservation agricultural techniques to contribute towards the reduction of food insecurity through improved maize yields. Conventional tillage, no-till, minimum tillage, mechanized basins, in-field rainwater harvesting and the Daling plough were tested in on-station and on-farm field experiments over three to five maize growing seasons (2008/09–2011/13). The rainwater harvesting (in-field rainwater harvesting and Daling plough) and conservation (mechanized basins, no-till and minimum tillage) techniques resulted in slightly higher yields than conventional tillage due to their potential to conserve rainwater better and to harvest additional rainwater. Conventional tillage, no-till and minimum tillage had lower grain yields because they lost on average 18% of the total rainfall to ex-field runoff. The rainwater productivity of the Daling plough treatment was very similar to that of in-field rainwater harvesting, followed by mechanized basins, conventional tillage and no-till or minimum tillage.
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