Drought Management on Farmland

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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3. Drought Concepts and Characteristics

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   Pages 4-12

4. Principles of Drought Risk Management

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   Pages 13-20

5. Soil Management in Relation to Drought

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   Pages 21-35

6. Soil Cultivation and Tillage in Drought-Prone Areas

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   Pages 36-48

7. Plant Responses to Drought

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   Pages 49-63

8. Cropping Systems for Moisture Economy

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   Pages 64-78

9. Hardy and Drought-Evasive Cereal Crops

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   Pages 79-97

10. Edible Legumes for Drought-Prone Regions

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    Pages 98-105

11. Vegetables for Drought-Prone Areas

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    Pages 106-111

12. Drought-Hardy Oil-Producing Crops

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    Pages 112-119

13. Root, Tuber and Fibre Crops

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    Pages 120-127

14. Deciduous and Berry Fruits

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    Pages 128-139

15. Fairly Drought-Tolerant Citrus, Subtropical and Tropical Fruits

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    Pages 140-150

16. Nuts

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17. Miscellaneous Crops

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    Pages 155-166

18. Water Storage on Farms

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    Pages 167-175

19. Curbing Evaporative Loss of Stored Water

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    Pages 176-185

20. Water Harvesting

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At last, integrated management of drought on farms is dealt with in one comprehensive book. Although drought is a highly variable, near-universal natural phenomenon which has repercussions on a country's water and food supplies and many other sectors of the economy, there are many ways of avoiding, resisting and mitigating the effects of drought. Pro-active preparedness entails using the principles of risk management to upgrade the drought resistance of a farm systematically, and to have auxiliary contingency plans at the ready for use during unusually long droughts. The book provides tools for these strategies as it covers the management of water, soils, crops, rangeland, fodder and livestock, and many other drought-related topics.
Audience: This book will be an important source of information for university and college staff and students in agricultural sciences, water and land use, environmental management, geography and risk management, and also farmers, agricultural advisors and policy makers.

• Agricultural Sciences
• Irrigation
• environmental management
• groundwater
• salinity
• hydrogeology

• Climatique Consultancy, Pretoria, South Africa

  J. S. Whitmore

• Hydrological Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

  J. S. Whitmore

• University of Pretoria, South Africa

  J. S. Whitmore

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