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Dryland water harvesting and agroforestry

Restore degraded drylands using water-harvesting structures, agroforestry, zaï pits, stone bunds and native species.

How the method works

Retain scarce water and rebuild productive soils while restoring vegetation through locally adapted dryland practices.

What the sources establish

• The UN record describes water-harvesting infrastructure, agroforestry, zaï pits, stone bunds and native-species planting as core methods in the Sahel initiative.

  UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative · source_reported

• Dinder National Park Resilience Initiative uses or describes the method represented here: Dryland water harvesting and agroforestry.

  UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration — Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Dinder National Park Resilience Initiative · source_reported

Issues connected to this method

• Habitat destruction
• Climate risk and extreme weather
• Land degradation and soil erosion

Projects using this method

• Dinder National Park Resilience Initiative
• Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative

Where it may apply

• Degraded Sahelian drylands and rainfed farming systems

Limitations and risks

• Performance varies with rainfall, maintenance, land access and local adoption.

Sources

• decadeonrestoration.org
• hub.decadeonrestoration.org

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