Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in 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 practice is being scaled out in the dry lowlands of Somali and Oromia states.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122726
Descripción
Sumario: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 practice is being scaled out in the dry lowlands of Somali and Oromia states.