Blue gold and its challenges: water stress in Africa

Farolfi Stefano, Jamin Jean-Yves. 2016. Blue gold and its challenges: water stress in Africa. In : A new emerging rural world - an overview of rural change in Africa. Pesche Denis (ed.), Losch Bruno (ed.), Imbernon Jacques (ed.). Montpellier : Cirad-Nepad, 46-47. ISBN 978-2-87614-719-5

https://www.nepad.org/publication/new-emerging-rural-world-overview-of-rural-change-africa

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Résumé : There are many challenges related to water in Africa: providing safe drinking water for all; developing food production without depleting water resources; and implementing water and energy-saving irrigation techniques, among others. These challenges can only be met by mobilising human, financial and technical resources in order to make the necessary investments and to maintain them overtime.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : gestion des eaux, ressource en eau, utilisation de l'eau, population rurale, irrigation, eau potable, eau d'irrigation

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique

Classification Agris : P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion
F06 - Irrigation
E51 - Population rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2014-2018) - Sociétés, natures et territoires

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