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As to the first issue in Box III.6.7, determining the selection of areas for animal husbandry as part of appropriate land use and herding patterns, water is very essential for both man and animals. Consequently, the distribution of both man and animals is affected by the availability and reliability of water supplies. All sources of water on the earth’s surface, whether streams and rivers or groundwater as springs or hand dug well water, ultimately come from precipitation. The distribution of precipitation over a given area provides a rough guide to the availability of water in such an area.
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Omonijo, A.G. (2010). Combined with 6.A.(vi) Selection Processes of (Changes in) Animal Husbandry and Combating Disasters in Animal Husbandry. In: Stigter, K. (eds) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74698-0_91
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