Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia
Like many smallholder farmers in Africa, the farming families of southern Ethiopia are facing three major challenges: the need to intensify and diversify their farm production, on very small areas, in a context of high population growth. In these rural areas, given the fertility rate, the population...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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| author | Guyon, Lolita Demeke, Getamesay Redon, Philippe Bourgois, Francois Mega, Tadesse Tilahun, Abebe Desalegn, Mesfin |
| author_browse | Bourgois, Francois Demeke, Getamesay Desalegn, Mesfin Guyon, Lolita Mega, Tadesse Redon, Philippe Tilahun, Abebe |
| author_facet | Guyon, Lolita Demeke, Getamesay Redon, Philippe Bourgois, Francois Mega, Tadesse Tilahun, Abebe Desalegn, Mesfin |
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| description | Like many smallholder farmers in Africa, the farming families of southern Ethiopia are facing three major challenges: the need to intensify and diversify their farm production, on very small areas, in a context of high population growth. In these rural areas, given the fertility rate, the population will double by 2050; agricultural practices must preserve the environment to maintain its productive capacity, for current and future generations; the necessity to rapidly adapt farming practices to cope with climate changes. Regarding these three challenges, Inter Aide has developed an innovative approach that consists in combining fodder production and soil and water conservation. The basic idea is simple: to plant fodder on anti-erosive structures and in unproductive places on the farm. |
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| spelling | CGSpace979002025-01-27T15:00:52Z Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia Guyon, Lolita Demeke, Getamesay Redon, Philippe Bourgois, Francois Mega, Tadesse Tilahun, Abebe Desalegn, Mesfin Like many smallholder farmers in Africa, the farming families of southern Ethiopia are facing three major challenges: the need to intensify and diversify their farm production, on very small areas, in a context of high population growth. In these rural areas, given the fertility rate, the population will double by 2050; agricultural practices must preserve the environment to maintain its productive capacity, for current and future generations; the necessity to rapidly adapt farming practices to cope with climate changes. Regarding these three challenges, Inter Aide has developed an innovative approach that consists in combining fodder production and soil and water conservation. The basic idea is simple: to plant fodder on anti-erosive structures and in unproductive places on the farm. 2018-10-31 2018-11-10T04:25:26Z 2018-11-10T04:25:26Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97900 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Guyon, L., Demeke, G., Redon, P. et al. 2018. Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CTA |
| spellingShingle | Guyon, Lolita Demeke, Getamesay Redon, Philippe Bourgois, Francois Mega, Tadesse Tilahun, Abebe Desalegn, Mesfin Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia |
| title | Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in ethiopia |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97900 |
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