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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122726
Description
Summary: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.