The research presented in this book demonstrates how an integrated systems approach to farming in the watershed context increases the effectiveness of a production system and improves people s livelihoods. It takes an integrated approach, using one watershed in Ethiopia as a laboratory or model case study to focus on the interaction and interdependence between land, water, crops, soil, water harvesting, supplemental irrigation, forestry, socio-economic aspects, livestock and farm tools.
A range of linked studies was conducted with active participation of the farming community and other...
The research presented in this book demonstrates how an integrated systems approach to farming in the watershed context increases the effectiveness...