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Lesson 2: How Can We Mitigate Drought?: Virtual Academy For The Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 2: How Can We Mitigate Drought?: Virtual Academy For The Semi Arid Tropics
• Other practices
Course on Coping with Drought
Monitoring Drought
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Sorghum crop
Sesame crop
Niger crop
Course on Coping with Drought
Monitoring Drought
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Plant Density
Weed management
Weed-free
Weeds smothering groundnut crop
groundnut crop
Surface mulching
Surface mulching
Benefits of INM:
• Increases water holding capacity of the soil.
• Increases the amount of nutrients in the
soil.
• The soil will be free from disease causing
organisms.
Check dam
Water Tank
Farm ponds
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