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***** (***** | *****) Abstract
Dry river valley degradation has been identified as one major challenge in the Sahel zone by German development cooperation to effectively adapt to climate change. As a result of agricultural over-use and climatic change, river valleys in the Sahel zone have increasingly experienced droughts in the past twenty years. This study provides a socio-economic and technical introduction to water-spreading weirs, which mark a cost-effective option for practical measures to rehabilitate dry river valleys through a diversion of water resources. The study functions as an introduction to the topic. It further provides case studies from three countries in the Sahel zone.
References
Download publication: GIZ,KfW (2012) Water-spreading weirs for the development of degraded dry river valleys.pdf
Further reading
Mekdaschi Studer, R. and Liniger, H. 2013. Water Harvesting: Guidelines to Good Practice. Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bern; Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network (RAIN), Amsterdam; MetaMeta, Wageningen; The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome.
