Treatment of organic resources before soil incorporation in semi-arid regions improves resilience to El Niño, and increases crop production and economic returns

The use of limited organic resources to build resilience to drought in semi-arid regions was investigated using systems modelling. The study focused on Halaba in Ethiopia, drawing on biophysical and socio-economic data obtained from a survey of farms before, during and after the 2015/16 El Niño even...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Jo Smith, Dali Nayak, Fabrizio Albanito, Bedru Balana, Helaina Black, Shiferaw Boke, Alison Brand, Anja Byg, Mengistu Dinato, Mulugeta Habte, Paul Hallett, Thomas Lemma Argaw, Wolde Mekuria, Awdenegest Moges, Alemayehu Muluneh, Paula Novo, Mike Rivington, Tewodros Tefera, May Vanni, Getahun Yakob, Euan Phimister
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Subjects:	organic resource use resilience soil degradation compost bioslurry biochar
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2b1b