Landscapes Blog

February 21, 2017

For all of us – the Yewol Mountains of Ethiopia

Joanna Kane-PotakaICRISAT

In the highlands of northern Ethiopia, farming families often live a very basic subsistence lifestyle. In the drought years, which are common, food and water is scarce. Severe soil erosion plagues the Yewol watershed highlands and there are extreme dry periods each year. There was little water management in the past and so water is […] ...
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