Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKatrien Descheemaeker: 0000-0003-0184-2034en_US
cg.creator.identifierAmare Haileslassie: 0000-0001-5237-9006en_US
cg.creator.identifierShirley Tarawali: 0000-0001-9398-8780en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s204047001000110xen_US
cg.issn2040-4700en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalAdvances in Animal Biosciencesen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK-WATERen_US
cg.subject.ilriWATERen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.volume1en_US
dc.contributor.authorDescheemaeker, Katrien K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHaileslassie, Amareen_US
dc.contributor.authorAmede, Tilahunen_US
dc.contributor.authorBossio, Deborah A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, Shirley A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-13T12:01:10Zen_US
dc.date.available2010-12-13T12:01:10Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/2984en_US
dc.titleAssessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlandsen_US
dcterms.abstractCrop-livestock systems are very important both in terms of area and contribution to people’s livelihoods in the Ethiopian highlands. However, a common problem in these systems is low livestock and crop productivity, which is partly caused by water scarcity and environmental degradation. As water is a key and often limiting input for agriculture and environmental functioning, there is an urgent need to improve water productivity in order to sustain both people’s livelihoods and a healthy environment. Water productivity, generally defined as the ratio of agricultural outputs to the volume of water depleted, measures the ability of agricultural systems to convert water into food. In the crop sector, crop water productivity (CWP) has been investigated for many years. By contrast, livestock water productivity (LWP) is a new concept (Peden et al., 2009), for which reference points, standardized definitions and adequate methods for water partitioning are still in their infancy (Descheemaeker et al., 2010). Also, a systems approach for analyzing water productivity in mixed systems is still to be developed, tested and adapted. This paper therefore examines how water productivity can be assessed in mixed crop-livestock systems, and identifies entry points for water productivity improvement with the wider aim to improve the sustainability of the systems.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDescheemaeker, K., Haileslassie, A., Amede, T., Bossio, D. and Tarawali, S. 2010. Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. Advances in Animal Biosciences 1(2):491-492.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 491-492en_US
dcterms.issued2010en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectwateren_US
dcterms.subjectmixed farmingen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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