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Integrated termite management helps restore East African rangelands

author(s) Peden, D.. - Swaans, K.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Swaans, K.; Peden, D. Integrated termite management helps restore East African rangelands. ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya (2013) 2 pp. (RIU Brief 1)

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Abstract

Integrated termite management (ITM) can help rehabilitate degraded rangelands, enhance agricultural production and restore agro-ecosystem health in East Africa. Effective ITM requires a balanced mix of biophysical and socio-economic interventions. Adoption of ITM is a novel approach to increase agricultural water productivity

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