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Entre os dias 17 e 20 de agosto, os pesquisadores Maria Sonia Lopes da Silva e Flávio Adriano Marques, da Embrapa Solos UEP Recife, ministraram um curso e dois dias-de-campo sobre...

Publishing date: 21/08/15

Technologies

The underground dam is a technology to capture and store rainwater for food production. It has been implemented by farmers in the Brazilian semiarid region and now contributes not only to family a

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Agricultural practice: Other agricultural practices     Launch year: 1989     Responsible Unit: Embrapa Semi-arid Region

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There has been increased interest in the use of techniques to collect and store rainwater in the last few decades, with funding from national and international bodies; however, the general performance of these activities at farmer level is lower than expected, and that relates to the lack of knowledge of the existence and importance of techniques to cope with semiarid conditions.
Considering the social-economic importance of agricultural activities in rain-dependent areas, it is necessary to ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010