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.

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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
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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 practice is being scaled out in the dry lowlands of Somali and Oromia states.
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spelling CGSpace1227262023-03-14T11:48:39Z Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems production development irrigation rangelands highlands rural development pastures land systems fodder agrifood systems fields weirs 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. 2021-12-31 2022-10-06T14:06:25Z 2022-10-06T14:06:25Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122726 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. 2021. Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia. Reported in Water, Land and Ecosystems Annual Report 2021. Innovations.
spellingShingle production
development
irrigation
rangelands
highlands
rural development
pastures
land
systems
fodder
agrifood systems
fields
weirs
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia
title Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia
title_full Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia
title_short Flood-spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in Ethiopia
title_sort flood spreading weirs to irrigation fields and pastures in ethiopia
topic production
development
irrigation
rangelands
highlands
rural development
pastures
land
systems
fodder
agrifood systems
fields
weirs
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122726
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