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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Preface: Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-arid Areas

Authors : Walter Leal Filho, Josep de Trincheria Gomez

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Abstract

Food insecurity has negative economic impacts, exacerbates poverty and poses today a problem to hundreds of millions in the African continent, especially in rural communities of arid and semi-arid regions (UN 2015). By mid-century, nine billion people will require an increase in food production as per today. Inevitably, competition for energy, land and water will rise with growing food demand (Park 2016).

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Metadata
Title
Preface: Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-arid Areas
Authors
Walter Leal Filho
Josep de Trincheria Gomez
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-66238-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-66239-8

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66239-8_1