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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Main Author: Mandapati, J.
Format: Blog Post
Language:Inglés
Published: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114937
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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace1149372023-02-15T04:06:38Z Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia Mandapati, J. 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. 2021 2021-09-09T11:25:29Z 2021-09-09T11:25:29Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114937 en Open Access CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Mandapati, J. 2021. Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia. Blog Post. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
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