出版社：Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks (CIRAN)
摘要：The programme Indigenous soil and water
conservation (ISWC) is now in its second phase
(for the first phase, see Reij et al. 1997). It focuses
on local innovations as the starting point for the
participatory development of technology, whereby
researchers and development agents support
innovative farmers in their efforts to improve their
land-husbandry systems. One of the seven countries
involved in ISWC II is Ethiopia, where the programme
is being implemented in Tigray Region, an area of high
plateaus and lowlands separated by steep slopes and
escarpments. Crops are grown at elevations ranging
from 1500 m to 2500 m, where the annual rainfall
ranges from 300 mm to 900 mm, during a wet season
lasting 3-4 months. Farms are between 0.2 and 1.5 ha
in size. ISWC-Ethiopia is coordinated by Mekelle
University College (MUC), which has close working
relations with the Bureau for Agriculture and Natural
Resources (BoANR), Mekelle Research Centre (MRC),
and various non-governmental organizations and
bilateral projects in Tigray.
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