Building resilience: Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions

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Nicol, A., Langan, S., Victor, M. and Gonsalves, J. 2015. Building resilience: Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions. In: Nicol, A., Langan, S., Victor, M. and Gonsalves, J. (eds), Water-smart agriculture in East Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI and CGIAR research program on WLE; Kampala, Uganda: GWI EA. PP. 77-80.

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