Agriculture: increase water harvesting in Africa
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Title:
Agriculture: increase water harvesting in Africa
Creator:
Rockström, Johan
Falkenmark, Malin
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Macmillan Publishers Limited
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English
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Abstract:
Management of green water for rain-fed, small-scale farming is integral to eradicating hunger. But it is missing from the draft United Nations Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs), which will be agreed in September. A dedicated water goal that includes science-based targets and indica-tors is essential and must receive attention during the SDG negotiations in New York next week, in the wake of the World Water Day on 22 March. We propose an approach for the SDG goal that will improve water security, address hunger and poverty and enhance carbon storage. Retaining more rainwater in soils and storing run-off would bridge dry spells that last weeks, the major challenge to rain-fed food production. For longer droughts, social and economic strategies are needed to assure food security.
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Florida International University
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Florida International University
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