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Rainwater Harvesting and Agriculture

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In the long struggle against drought and water scarcity, the Chinese people have created some very practical cultivation techniques for conserving water in the soil.

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  • Zhang Z, Gong, S, Wang X. Rainwater harvesting techniques. Beijing: China Water Resources and Hydropower Publications; 1999. pp. 79–94. (in Chinese).

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Gao, S., Yang, F. (2015). Rainwater Harvesting and Agriculture. In: Zhu, Q., Gould, J., Li, Y., Ma, C. (eds) Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture and Water Supply. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-964-6_6

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