Participatory soil and water management

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2013

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Informal groups in Mauritania for water and soil conservation were set up and farmers and technicians were given hands-on training in building small dams, dikes, stone contour ridges, semi-circular bunds, terraces and runoff strips.

AGROVOC Keywords
participatory approaches; management; water; soil
Subjects
SOCIAL LEARNING
Countries
Mauritania
Regions
Northern Africa; Africa; Western Africa
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Gonsalves J. 2013. A new relevance and better prospects for wider uptake of social learning within CGIAR. CCAFS Working Paper no. 37. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark.

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