Chronica - Acta Horticulturae
Chronica - Acta Horticulturae
Chronica - Acta Horticulturae
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Current (above) and potential (below) land<br />
use categories (ha).<br />
Disturbed<br />
Forest<br />
53,000<br />
673,000<br />
Irrigated<br />
Land<br />
28,000<br />
Rain-fed<br />
Land<br />
472,000<br />
10,000<br />
6,967,000<br />
Barren land<br />
4,047,000<br />
Water storage in micro-dams for irrigation. (A) Elabered Farm, one of the most famous old horticulture<br />
and dairy large scale farms established by Italian investors. (B) Sawa Farm, one of the<br />
recently established large scale farms.<br />
Disturbed<br />
Forest<br />
53,000<br />
10,000<br />
Cultivable<br />
land<br />
2,100,000<br />
Browsing &<br />
Grazing<br />
5,979,000<br />
Irrigable<br />
land<br />
600,000<br />
Barren land<br />
4,047,000<br />
Seasonal river that flows through the<br />
potential horticultural lands.<br />
Different citrus species and cultivars at Halhale Research Station.<br />
Drip irrigation unit with submersible pump<br />
at Afhimbol Farm, one of the newly established<br />
large scale horticultural farms.<br />
Williams banana from different farms in the Gash-Barka region.<br />
ISHS • 22