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Water harvesting

Water management that collects and stores rainfall and runoff for later use in crop production or domestic supply, buffering against dry spells and erratic rainfall.

Definition source: AGROVOC: water harvesting

Synonyms

rainwater harvesting

Broader

Water management

Narrower

none

Relations

addresses Drought
produces Water availability
applies-to Crop system

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_045 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_045
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_045)