CONTEXT Ancient irrigation systems (AISs) have been providing a multitude of ecosystem
services to rural farming and urban communities in Asia and Africa, especially in arid and …

Biophysical restoration or rehabilitation measures of land have demonstrated to be effective
in many scientific projects and small-scale environmental experiments. However …

Low mineral fertiliser use received much attention in Africa over the last decades. As
fertiliser sales have exponentially grown in Ethiopia, and evidence exists of a supply that is …

In the extremely arid (∼ 150mmyr− 1) eastern Canary Islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura
and La Graciosa, agriculture has been sustained for decades by a traditional runoff-capture …

Rainfed agriculture, which is dominant in sub‐Saharan Africa, remains vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change. In this framework, flood‐based farming systems (FBFS) enable …

An in-depth assessment of the century-old Wadi Laba indigenous spate irrigation system in
Eritrea. This system has relied on earthern and brushwood structures and customary water …

Soil degradation, defined as the loss of the soil's productive capacity, is caused by a series
of different processes that lead to changes in the physical, chemical and biological …

In Eritrea, farmers have applied landfill materials as fertiliser to their fields for several
decades. A sampling scheme in the landfill site of Asmara and selected farmers' fields was …

Spate irrigation in the lowlands of Sheeb area in eastern Eritrea enables the farmers to
harvest a crop without application of fertilizers. But at the same time, the sediment deposition …

Spate irrigation is a method of flood water harvesting, practiced in Dera Ismael Khan (DI
Khan), Pakistan for agricultural production for the last several hundred years in which during …