CONTEXT A host of best water and soil management practices (BMPs) hold promise in
addressing water scarcity and land degradation to enable sustainable crop intensification in …

Ensuring resilient food systems and sustainable healthy diets for all requires much higher
water use, however, water resources are finite, geographically dispersed, volatile under …

Decentralized rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a promising approach to mitigate drought in
the drylands. However, an insufficient understanding of its impact on hydrological processes …

Drought hazard mapping and its trend analysis has become indispensable due to the
aggravated impact of drought in the era of climate change. Sparse observational networks …

Study region The study region is the Kamadhiya catchment (1150 km 2), located in the
Saurashtra region of the western state of Gujarat, India. The region has seen intensive …

The projected implications of climate change for water and agriculture to meet diverse and
competitive water demands requires smart water management solutions. Science‐and …

Land and water management interventions are key to achieving sustainable intensification
in the drylands. This study explores opportunities for doing so in Vertisols and Alfisols using …

Hydrological monitoring is crucial to designing agricultural water management (AWM)
interventions. This study characterizes the soil hydraulic properties of Alfisols and Vertisols …

Rapid soil testing and soil quality assessment are essential to address soil degradation and
low farm incomes in smallholder farms. With the objective of testing diffuse reflectance …

Water scarcity is a growing challenge in semi-arid and sub-humid areas. There are over
2000 small reservoirs (SRs) with storage capacities of up to 1× 106 m3 across West Africa's …