Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled or supplied primarily with rainwater.
- adjective Of or relating to farming that relies on natural rainfall rather than irrigation.
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- adjective of land, etc. Supplied with
water byrain (only)
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Examples
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A World Bank report in 2005 summarized the widespread economic, social, environmental and public health problems of large-scale irrigation projects and concluded that "investing in agricultural water management for rainfed farmers must be a priority."
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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Even where water is not scarce, large-scale irrigation projects have a bad track record in Africa, and have proven to be less effective at reducing poverty than support for the rainfed agriculture of poor farmers.
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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A World Bank report in 2005 summarized the widespread economic, social, environmental and public health problems of large-scale irrigation projects and concluded that "investing in agricultural water management for rainfed farmers must be a priority."
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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A World Bank report in 2005 summarized the widespread economic, social, environmental and public health problems of large-scale irrigation projects and concluded that "investing in agricultural water management for rainfed farmers must be a priority."
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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Even where water is not scarce, large-scale irrigation projects have a bad track record in Africa, and have proven to be less effective at reducing poverty than support for the rainfed agriculture of poor farmers.
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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Even where water is not scarce, large-scale irrigation projects have a bad track record in Africa, and have proven to be less effective at reducing poverty than support for the rainfed agriculture of poor farmers.
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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Even where water is not scarce, large-scale irrigation projects have a bad track record in Africa, and have proven to be less effective at reducing poverty than support for the rainfed agriculture of poor farmers.
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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A World Bank report in 2005 summarized the widespread economic, social, environmental and public health problems of large-scale irrigation projects and concluded that "investing in agricultural water management for rainfed farmers must be a priority."
Peter Bosshard: How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia Peter Bosshard 2011
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The Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR and President National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Dr. Mangala Rai in his address stressed that the need of the hour is to target rainfed, hilly, coastal, tribal and other ecologically sensitive areas for dissemination of improved technologies and development of infrastructure.
JK Governer,CM for blending modern science with traditional approaches to boost agri-production 2009
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So a region will be poor if they are tropical, if rainfed, if landlocked, and if they have the wrong mosquitoes -- which, yes, fits many African countries.
William Easterly: Geography Lessons: Correcting Sachs on African Economic Development 2009
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