Report / Case study

Participatory soil and water management

author(s) Gonsalves, Julian Francis
from CGIAR - Research Programs and Platforms
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regions
  • Northern Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
citation

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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Abstract

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.

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