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16-03-2020 In the Central Rift Valley in Ethiopia, the water level in lake Ziway and in the downstream saline Lake Abijata has declined over the past years. This has been due to increased water extraction for irrigation from Lake Ziway and expansion of agriculture in the entire Ziway-Shalla Basin, causing a…

03-02-2020 The Ziway-Shalla basin (Central Rift Valley, Ehtiopia) suffers from a combination of land degradation and agricultural expansion. The agricultural expansion is marked by a shift from rainfed to irrigated horticulture, resulting in intensification in the use of water resources and ultimately a…