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1 Hutmacher, R. B.; Phene, C. J.; Davis, K. R.; Vail, S. S.; Kerby, T. A.; Peters, M.; Hawk, C. A.; Keeley, M.; Clark, D. A.; Ballard, D.; Hudson, N. 1995. Evapotranspiration, fertility management for subsurface drip Acala and Pima cotton. In Lamm, F. R. (Ed.), Microirrigation for a changing world: Conserving resources/preserving the environment: Proceedings of the Fifth International Microirrigation Congress, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, Florida, April 2-6, 1995. St. Joseph, MI, USA: ASAE. pp.147-154.

Evapotranspiration ; Fertility ; Subsurface irrigation ; Drip irrigation ; Water deficit ; Cotton ; Plant growth ; Crop yield ; Clay soils ; Soil water / USA / California / San Joaquin Valley

(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 LAM Record No: H018840)

2 Herrero, M.; Thornton, P. K.; Notenbaert, A. M.; Wood, S.; Msangi, S.; Freeman, H. A.; Bossio, Deborah; Dixon, J.; Peters, M.; van de Steeg, J.; Lynam, J.; Parthasarathy Rao, P.; Macmillan, S.; Gerard, B.; McDermott, J.; Sere, C.; Rosegrant, M. 2010. Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems. Perspective. Science, 327:822-825. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1183725]

Investment ; Food production ; Farming systems ; Crops ; Cereals ; Livestock ; Agroecosystems

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042705)

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Farmers in mixed crop-livestock systems produce about half of the world’s food. In small holdings around the world, livestock are reared mostly on grass, browse, and nonfood biomass from maize, millet, rice, and sorghum crops and in their turn supply manure and traction for future crops. Animals act as insurance against hard times, and supply farmers with a source of regular income from sales of milk, eggs, and other products. Thus, faced with population growth and climate change, small-holder farmers should be the first target for policies to intensify production by carefully managed inputs of fertilizer, water, and feed to minimize waste and environmental impact, supported by improved access to markets, new varieties, and technologies.