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1 Payne, W. A.; Gerard, B.; Klaij, M. C. 1995. Subsurface drip irrigation to evaluate transpiration ratios of pearl millet. 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.923-931.
Millets ; Crop production ; Sandy soils ; Water use efficiency ; Drip irrigation ; Subsurface irrigation / Niger / Sahel
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 LAM Record No: H018965)
2 Cooper, P.; Singh, P.; Traore, P. C. S.; Dimes, J.; Rao, K. P. C.; Gerard, B.; Alumira, J.; Shiferaw, B.; Twomlow, S. 2006. New tools, methods, and approaches in natural resource management. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) 62p.
Simulation models ; Crop management ; Land management ; Fertilizers ; Soil water ; Water balance ; Watersheds ; Environmental impact assessment ; Climate
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G000 COO Record No: H041325)
ICRIAT and its partners have developed a range of new tools, approaches and methods to advance agricultural research in environments characterized by low household and natural resources, high climatic variability and limited infrastructure. These include: applications in simulation modeling, climate forecasting, climate-change and adaptation strategies, economic approaches to food security analyses, market studies, socio-economic analysis of how and why farmers make investment decisions, risk-return trade-offs on such investments, gender-related factors influencing technology choice, extension methods to promote technology adoption, GIS-based mapping and characterization methods, modeling of soil loss and surface water runoff, exploitation of agricultural niches such as fallows. This document provides examples of these successes, and identifies ways to build on them to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among smallholder farm communities in the semi-arid tropics.
3 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]
(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.
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