Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia

The Aba Gerima watershed covers the upper portion of Lake Tana sub-basin in north-western Ethiopia. Agriculture is its mainstay, with cereal cultivation occupying about 60% of 984 hectares. But the ecology of the landscape is threatened by the conversion of natural vegetated land to cropland, and co...

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Autor principal: Mandapati, J.
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems 2021
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114937
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Sumario:The Aba Gerima watershed covers the upper portion of Lake Tana sub-basin in north-western Ethiopia. Agriculture is its mainstay, with cereal cultivation occupying about 60% of 984 hectares. But the ecology of the landscape is threatened by the conversion of natural vegetated land to cropland, and continuing land degradation has been affecting the livelihoods of farmers.