Treatment of organic resources before soil incorporation in semi-arid regions improves resilience to El Niño, and increases crop production and economic returns

Smith, JoNayak, Dali RaniAlbanito, FabrizioBalana, Bedru BabuloBlack, Helaina I. J.Boke, ShiferawBrand, Alison MargaretByg, AnjaDinato, MengistuHabte, MulugetaHallett, Paul DavidArgaw, Thomas LemmaMekuria, WoldeMoges, AwdenegestMuluneh, AlemayehuNovo, PaulaRivington, MikeTefera, TewodrosVanni, MayYakob, GetahunPhimister, Euan Cartner2019-06-202019-06-202019-08Smith, J, Nayak, D R, Albanito, F, Balana, B B, Black, H I J, Boke, S, Brand, A M, Byg, A, Dinato, M, Habte, M, Hallett, P D, Argaw, T L, Mekuria, W, Moges, A, Muluneh, A, Novo, P, Rivington, M, Tefera, T, Vanni, M, Yakob, G & Phimister, E C 2019, 'Treatment of organic resources before soil incorporation in semi-arid regions improves resilience to El Niño, and increases crop production and economic returns', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 14, no. 8, 085004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2b1b1748-9326Mendeley: 14ca2f18-3ff3-34c7-8bf4-59dc46121a32ORCID: /0000-0002-2655-5982/work/60327717ORCID: /0000-0002-6483-0113/work/79417622ORCID: /0000-0001-7542-7832/work/162252063http://hdl.handle.net/2164/12415We are grateful for support from the DFID-NERC El Niño programme in project NE P004830, “Building Resilience in Ethiopia’s Awassa region to Drought (BREAD)”, the ESRC NEXUS programme in project IEAS/POO2501/1, “Improving organic resource use in rural Ethiopia (IPORE)”, and the NERC ESPA programme in project NEK0104251 “Alternative carbon investments in ecosystems for poverty alleviation (ALTER)”. We are also grateful to Anke Fischer (James Hutton Insitute) for her comments on the paper.131400912engEl Niñoorganic resource useresiliencesoil degradationcompostBioslurrybioslurrybiocharEl NinoMITIGATIONBIOGAS DIGESTERSBIOCHARQH301 BiologyEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC)IEAS/POO2501/1Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/P004830/1NE/K0104251/1QH301Treatment of organic resources before soil incorporation in semi-arid regions improves resilience to El Niño, and increases crop production and economic returnsJournal article10.1088/1748-9326/ab2b1bhttp://www.mendeley.com/research/treatment-organic-resources-before-soil-incorporation-semiarid-regions-improves-resilience-el-ni%C3%B1o-ihttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072710951&partnerID=8YFLogxK148