Ancient irrigation systems in Asia and Africa: Typologies, degradation and ecosystem services

Jeevika Weerahewa, Jagadish Timsina, Chamali Wickramasinghe, Sithuni Mimasha, Dasuni Dayananda and Gamini Puspakumara

Agricultural Systems, 2023, vol. 205, issue C

Abstract: Ancient irrigation systems (AISs) have been providing a multitude of ecosystem services to rural farming and urban communities in Asia and Africa, especially in arid and semi-arid climatic areas with low rainfall. Many AISs, however have now been degraded. A systematic analysis of AISs on their typologies, causes of degradation, and their ecosystem services is lacking.

Keywords: Agriculture; Climate change; Hydrology; Village tank cascade system; Tank irrigation; Watershed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103580

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