Conserving Land, Protecting Water (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series, 6)

The degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to alleviate this problem, an advanced understanding of the state of our resources and the process of degradation is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security. Contents......Page 5 Contributors......Page 7 Series Foreword......Page 9 Introduction......Page 11 1 Learning from Bright Spots to Enhance Food Security and to Combat Degradation of Water and Land Resources......Page 19 2 Land Degradation and Water Productivity in Agricultural Landscapes......Page 38 3 Land Degradation, Ecosystem Services and Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Makanya Catchment, Tanzania......Page 51 4 The Political Ecologies of Bright Spots......Page 69 5 Large-scale Fluxes of Crop Nutrients in Food Cause Environmental Problems at Sources and at Sinks......Page 87 6 Carbon Sequestration, Land Degradation and Water......Page 101 7 Local Innovation in ‘Green Water’ Management......Page 125 8 Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa......Page 138 9 Safeguarding Water Resources by Making the Land Greener: Knowledge Management through WOCAT......Page 147 10 Bright Basins – Do Many Bright Spots Make a Basin Shine?......Page 167 11 The Influence of Plant Cover Structures on Water Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes......Page 181 12 Investments in Collective Capacity and Social Capital......Page 196 13 Bright Spots: Pathways to Ensuring Food Security and Environmental Integrity......Page 209 14 Ecosystem Benefits of ‘Bright’ Spots......Page 223 B......Page 243 D......Page 244 F......Page 245 I......Page 246 L......Page 247 N......Page 248 Q......Page 249 S......Page 250 V......Page 251 W......Page 252 Z......Page 253 Contents 5 Contributors 7 Series Foreword 9 Introduction 11 Part I: Land and Water Degradation: Emerging Issues 19 1 Learning from Bright Spots to Enhance Food Security and to Combat Degradation of Water and Land Resources 19 2 Land Degradation and Water Productivity in Agricultural Landscapes 38 3 Land Degradation, Ecosystem Services and Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Makanya Catchment, Tanzania 51 4 The Political Ecologies of Bright Spots 69 5 Large-scale Fluxes of Crop Nutrients in Food Cause Environmental Problems at Sources and at Sinks 87 6 Carbon Sequestration, Land Degradation and Water 101 Part II: Towards Better Land and Water Management 125 7 Local Innovation in ‘Green Water’ Management 125 8 Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa 138 9 Safeguarding Water Resources by Making the Land Greener: Knowledge Management through WOCAT 147 10 Bright Basins – Do Many Bright Spots Make a Basin Shine? 167 11 The Influence of Plant Cover Structures on Water Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes 181 12 Investments in Collective Capacity and Social Capital 196 Part III: Bright Spots 209 13 Bright Spots: Pathways to Ensuring Food Security and Environmental Integrity 209 14 Ecosystem Benefits of ‘Bright’ Spots 223 Index 243 A 243 B 243 C 244 D 244 E 245 F 245 G 246 H 246 I 246 J 247 K 247 L 247 M 248 N 248 O 249 P 249 Q 249 R 250 S 250 T 251 U 251 V 251 W 252 Y 253 Z 253 "Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of global patterns of land and water degradation and discusses new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation, as well as their impact on food and environmental security. Drawing on the fields of ecology, agricultural and soil sciences, hydrology, development studies and political science, this book will provide both academics and policy makers with innovative ideas for how sustainable water use and food production can be achieved through the prevention of land degradation."--BOOK JACKET