Investigation of sustainability of rain-fed agriculture through soil moisture modeling in the Pandamatenga Plains of Botswana

Physics & Astronomy

• Botswana 100%
• soil moisture 77%
• crops 72%
• agriculture 69%
• rain 60%
• plains 54%
• drainage 38%
• range resources 35%
• crop growth 32%
• sorghum 30%
• water balance 30%
• drought 29%
• livestock 29%
• sunflowers 25%
• water 18%
• economics 17%
• recommendations 16%
• availability 16%
• sectors 13%
• evaporation 12%
• requirements 10%
• cycles 10%
• sensitivity 9%
• simulation 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• rainfed agriculture 68%
• soil moisture 39%
• plain 36%
• sustainability 35%
• crop 34%
• modeling 20%
• arable farming 18%
• soil moisture regime 17%
• agricultural economics 17%
• runoff 16%
• sorghum 15%
• economic sector 15%
• rainfall 15%
• alternative agriculture 14%
• cropping practice 11%
• livestock 11%
• water budget 10%
• maize 10%
• evaporation 9%
• drought 9%
• recommendation 8%
• agriculture 8%
• water 7%
• resource 6%
• simulation 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Soil 40%
• Evaporation 14%
• Simulation 10%
• Surface 5%