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The potential practices that support sustainable agriculture include micro-catchment rainwater harvesting technique. The benefits of this technique are improved soil moisture, runoff and groundwater recharge, water infiltration, enriched soil nutrients, increased biomass production, and subsequent higher yields. The outcomes from adopting rainwater harvesting technique include higher food security, higher income, and delivery of positive impacts on other ecosystems.
“The greatest potential increases in yield are in rain-fed areas where many of the world’s poor live and where managing water is the key to such increases” Molden (2007).
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Reddy, P.P. (2016). Micro-Catchment Rainwater Harvesting. In: Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2702-4_14
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