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Biblioteca Nile Basin livestock water productivity

Nile Basin livestock water productivity

Nile Basin livestock water productivity

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Date of publication
Noviembre 2009
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handle:10568/3927
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PN37 (Increasing Water-Use Efficiency for Food Production through Better Livestock Management -

The Nile River Basin) set out to improve food security, reduce poverty and enhance agroecosystem

health by managing livestock for more effective overall use of water. PN37 responded to water

challenges posed by the CPWF, to the Nile Basin Initiative’s goal of better sharing benefits of water

use, and to global need for the livestock sector to use agricultural water more efficiently and

effectively. PN37 identified opportunities to increase livestock water productivity (LWP) in key

production systems of Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda. In all countries and systems, the research

revealed important opportunities to increase LWP through site-specific sets of interventions

including improved feed sourcing, enhanced animal production, water conservation, and strategic

provisioning of drinking water. It concludes that better integration of livestock, crop, water, and

land management can sustainably enhance livelihoods of many poor people throughout the Nile

Basin and beyond that across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Peden, D.
Alemayehu, M.
Faki, H.
Haileslassie, A.
Mapezda, E.
Mpairwe, D.
Musa, M.T.
Taddesse, G.
Breugel, P. van
Herrero, Mario
Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
Amede, Tilahun

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