Chapter 4: Managing water in rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference

Improving the effectiveness of rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Endowment opportunities from atmospheric resources in Africa] Reference

Far mist-clad heights and brimming rain-fed streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference

Africa is a continent of rain-fed (non-irrigation) agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeffrey Sachs: Moyo's Confused Attack on Aid for Africa] Reference

The rainfall is crucial as 60% of India's farmland is rain-fed.    From Wordnik.com.  [India Inflation Down 1.53%] Reference

These soils are ombrogenous, or rain-fed, and are recent in origin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borneo peat swamp forests] Reference

Under rain-fed cultivation, about twice that amount may be obtained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

Yes, but they have snowmelt-fed irrigation instead of rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Easterly: Geography Lessons: Correcting Sachs on African Economic Development] Reference

Beyond the floodplain, Hyparrhenia rufa grasslands cover the rain-fed wetlands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saharan flooded grasslands] Reference

Water for food and nature in the tropics: vapour shift in rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference

July to mid-September: under rain-fed conditions, sowing, emergence and tilling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

It is estimated to serve from 5 to 15 cm of additional water to rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa.] Reference

Effective rain-fed agriculture can improve food security and thus reduce extreme hunger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Endowment opportunities from atmospheric resources in Africa] Reference

Rainfall is a source of water for people, animals and plants, and for rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atmospheric resources in Africa] Reference

One of the best ways to remove poverty is to improve our management of rain-fed agriculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questions and Answers: Deep Joshi] Reference

Most peat deposits found behind mangroves along the coast are ombrogenous, or rain-fed peat swamps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sumatran peat swamp forests] Reference

Regionally, a greater share of the cropland is on rain-fed land than in the Market Forces scenario.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ land] Reference

The agriculture sector consists largely of small traditional farm holdings, rain-fed for the most part.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1994 CIA World Factbook] Reference

For rain-fed plantations, 1,000-2,500 trees per hectare are used if billet-sized materials are desired.    From Wordnik.com.  [4. Management] Reference

The four-month monsoon season is crucial to summer-sown crops because 60% of farming areas are rain-fed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weak Rain Threatens Indian Economy] Reference

The four-month monsoon season is crucial for summer-sown crops because about 60% of farmlands are rain-fed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sensex Ends Down 2.5% on Profit-Booking] Reference

Fully irrigated crops show a remarkably smaller yield variability than rain-fed crops in all these assessments.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Air pollution and agriculture.] Reference

One of the biggest problems in a large part of India is recurrent drought and dependence on rain-fed irrigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [India's ElectionWith Little Hope] Reference

People are aware that rain-fed agriculture may never be as it was in past years because of the decline in rainfall.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Household gardening projects in asia: past experience and future directions] Reference

Indeed, 95 percent of African agricultural is rain-fed or, starkly truthful, at the mercy of erratic rainy seasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonathan Lewis: Arizona is the New Kenya] Reference

The annual monsoon rains are crucial for summer-sown crops because about 60% of the country's farmland is rain-fed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Singh Targets 9% Growth for India] Reference

These are crops of the rain-fed areas, so if they dry up the farmers have nothing to sell, which means they have no money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questions and Answers: M.S. Swaminathan] Reference

India, where 60% of farm land is rain-fed, is expected to receive below normal rains in 2009 - at 93% of the long-term average.    From Wordnik.com.  [India Industrial Output Up 2.7%] Reference

In communities where underground water sources have dried up entirely, all agriculture is rain-fed and drinking water is trucked in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aquifer depletion] Reference

While irrigated yields will always be higher than rain-fed yields, there is much scope for improving rain-fed farming on vast areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference

A policy shift is needed towards greater water-use efficiency in rain-fed farming, which will also replenish water supplies at source.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference

The rainfall is crucial as 60% of India's farmland is rain-fed and agricultural output accounts for 18% of the gross domestic product.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monsoon May Start to Withdraw From Mid-September] Reference

The June-to-September monsoon season is crucial for the country's summer-sown crops as 60% of the country's agricultural land is rain-fed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weak Monsoon to Hit Summer Crop] Reference