Farming based on flood-spreading weirs reduced land degradation and significantly increased diversified crop and fodder production in three agro-pastoral communities in Afar, Ethiopia
Harnessing flash floods emerging from neighboring highlands helped convert degraded dry rangelands in Afar Region, Ethiopia into productive land supporting diversified crop and fodder production. The integrated solutions increased vegetation cover from 13% to 29% of the area, reduced degraded rangel...
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121761 |
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