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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| description | 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 rangelands from 87% to just 28%, improved land quality (soil moisture and nutrients), and enabled a change in land allocation from communal use to individual occupation. Some 198 agropastoral households in three sites have directly benefitted so far. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1217612023-03-14T13:46:58Z 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 CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems households production soil rangelands highlands nutrients degradation vegetation land degradation communities quality soil moisture land farming fodder weirs land allocation solutions occupation case studies agrifood systems rural development 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 rangelands from 87% to just 28%, improved land quality (soil moisture and nutrients), and enabled a change in land allocation from communal use to individual occupation. Some 198 agropastoral households in three sites have directly benefitted so far. 2021-12-31 2022-09-12T12:04:24Z 2022-09-12T12:04:24Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121761 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. 2021. 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. Reported in Water, Land and Ecosystems Annual Report 2021. Outcome Impact Case Report. |
| spellingShingle | households production soil rangelands highlands nutrients degradation vegetation land degradation communities quality soil moisture land farming fodder weirs land allocation solutions occupation case studies agrifood systems rural development CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems 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 |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| topic | households production soil rangelands highlands nutrients degradation vegetation land degradation communities quality soil moisture land farming fodder weirs land allocation solutions occupation case studies agrifood systems rural development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121761 |
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