Organic waste for land restoration
In Central Asia, unsustainable land management has turned large areas of productive land into wastelands. “Not possible, no water, too hot…” has for a long time been the standard response from locals when asked why there has been so little effort to reverse natural resource degradation. But in recent years, innovative farmers like Ruzimatov Mahmudjon have successfully challenged this perception by clever strategies that use local organic waste materials.
Volume: 31.1
ISSN: 2210-6499
Publisher: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Frank Löwen
Organization: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Year: 2015
Country/ies: Tajikistan
Geographical coverage: Europe and Central Asia
Type: Case study
Full text available at: https://www.ileia.org/2015/03/22/organic-waste-land-restoration/
Content language: English