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Restoration of agricultural landscapes and dry forests in Senegal. Included in Restoring African DrylandsTitleRestoration of agricultural landscapes and dry forests in Senegal. Included in Restoring African Drylands Corporate author Year of publication2020 Materialloose-leafs SeriesETFRN News; 60 ISBN978-90-5113-146-8 ISSN1876-5866 External document NotesThis publication is part of ETFRN News 60, Restoring African Drylands, which focuses on dryland restoration in the Sahel and the Greater Horn of Africa where levels of poverty, land degradation and out-migration are acute. It collates 36 articles from more than 100 contributors, including some long-term analyses of remarkable increases in tree cover and improved agricultural yields over large areas of the Western Sahel never published before, landscape restoration in Ethiopia, and examples from many other countries. Abstract In the above initiatives, self-motivated populations increased food security and reduced vulnerabilities to climatic shocks by restoring and sustainably managing local forest resources. To regenerate agroforestry parklands, farmers built on traditional systems to increase on-farm tree density and convert degraded lands to densely wooded savannas. These actions increased crop yields and produced new sources of livestock browse. The population of Sambandé restored the local forest and managed it to sustainably produce fuel and fruit. The agroforestry parklands were restored without a project.
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