@article{icrisat9111,
           month = {September},
            year = {2015},
           title = {Shallow Wells: An untapped resource to improve agricultural productivity in Southern Mali},
            note = {The Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next
Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-fordevelopment
projects supported by the United States Agency for
International Development as part of the U.S. government?s Feed the
Future initiative.
Through action research and development partnerships, Africa
RISING will create opportunities for smallholder farm households to
move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified
farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security,
particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the
natural resource base.
The three projects are led by the International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture (in West Africa and East and Southern
Africa) and the International Livestock Research Institute (in the
Ethiopian Highlands). The International Food Policy Research
Institute leads an associated project on monitoring, evaluation
and impact assessment.},
          volume = {39},
           pages = {1--2},
          author = {Z B Birhanu and C Guedessou and R Tabo},
       publisher = {ILRI},
         journal = {Africa Rising},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/9111/},
        abstract = {A major constraint to agricultural productivity is the amount of rainfall and its intra and inter-annual variability. The rainy season is short and varies in length, with the number of rainy days varying from year to year. High evaporation losses (up to 50\% of annual rainfall) results in soil water shortage during the growing season, when rains are erratic. Hence water scarcity is rampant heightening the risk of agricultural productivity. Farmers have little control over the environment and they mostly can neither irrigate nor drain excess water. As an effort to improve agricultural productivity through water availability in different seasons, a study was conducted to understand the recharging capacity of shallow wells in different seasons in southern Mali...},
        keywords = {Shallow Wells, Water Resources, Agriculture, Agricultural Productivity, Mali, Wells, Smallholder Agricultural Production}
}