FAO LAND AND WATER BULLETIN 11 Drought-resistant soils Proceedings of the electronic conference organized by the 15 November-18 December 2004 Technical editing by José Benites |
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List of papers available on CD-ROM
Topic 1 - Causes and consequences of soil moisture scarcity
Topic 2 - Creating drought-resistant soil: Technologies and impacts of improved soil moisture management at field level
Topic 3 - Environmental consequences of drought-resistant soil and improved soil moisture management
Topic 4 - Adequate tools and technologies to support efficient soil moisture management
Topic 5 - Conditions for adoption of drought-proofing practices by farmers
Abstracts of papers submitted during the conference, by topic
Topic 1 - Causes and consequences of soil moisture scarcity
Topic 2 - Creating drought-resistant soil - Technologies and impacts of improved soil moisture management at field level
Topic 3 - Environmental consequences of drought-resistant soil and improved soil moisture management
Topic 4 - Adequate tools and technologies to support efficient soil moisture management
Topic 5 - Conditions for adoption of drought-proofing practices by farmers
1. Causes and consequences of soil moisture scarcity
2. Creating drought-resistant soil -technologies and impacts of improved soil moisture management at field levelWater infiltration
Evaporation
Water storage capacity of soil
Rainwater harvesting - Runoff farming
Conclusion
References3. Environmental consequences of drought-resistant soil and improved soil moisture management
4a. Adequate tools and technologies to support soil moisture managementSoil moisture basics
Depth of soil moisture measurement
Methods for measuring soil moisture
Summary
References4b. Using models for optimizing soil moisture management strategies
Specific considerations on modelling CA cropping systems
Discussion5. Conditions for adoption of drought-proofing practices by farmers
Who is the customer?
Conditions for adoption of drought-proofing practices by farmers
Steps for implementing drought-proofing practices
Certification process for drought-proofing practices
Annex 1: Conference programme
Annexe 2: List of contributors