Title:	Small-scale water management in farming systems in the braziliam arid zones.
Authors:	PORTO, E. R. SILVA, A. de S.
Affiliation:	EVERALDO ROCHA PORTO, CPATSA; ADERALDO DE SOUZA SILVA, CPATSA.
Date Issued:	1988
Citation:	In: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE ON ARID LANDS: TODAY AND TOMORROW, 1985, Tucson, Arizona. Proceedings... Boulder: Westview Press, 1988.
Pages:	ap. 16, p. 943-957.
Description:	The semiarid tropics in Northeast Brazil occupy an area of 1.149.000 square kilometers and contain 24 million inhabitants. Most of the people are dependent on subsistence farming characterized by small land holdings, limited financial resources and productivity that is both unstable and low. Natural resources are limiting factors. Rainfall is highly variable and poor soil predominate. The Center for Agricultural Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics was established by the Government of Brazil to seek to change the low quality of life endured by the residents of the Northeast Region. A comprehensive program and improve small-scale water management in the region is underway there. Components under study include runoff inducement, microcatchment water harvesting, re cession farming, life-saving irrigation, pot (pitcher) irrigation and cisterns for drinking water. Significant technical achievements have resulted to date. The need to improve technology transfer has been recognized.
Thesagro:	Água Irrigação Manejo Sistema de Produção Tecnologia
NAL Thesaurus:	technology transfer water
Keywords:	Transferencia Nordeste Regiao semi-arida Farming system Management Northeast Semi-arid region
Type of Material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CPATSA)