INVENTORY OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION


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B16 - DOMESTICATION-AND-DISSEMINATION-OF-PALMTREES

Roufi (Algeria), a wadi oasis that uses the protection of the walls of the canyon and the wadi bed for the cultivations. The water supply comes from the underground flow and the sporadic floods.
Aerial photograph of an oasis showing the structural elements: the artificial dune; the path of the drainage tunnel in the depression of the dune and the palm-grove extending according to a geometrical shape, following the gravitational line of flow and division of the water and depending on the quantity of water produced by the drainage tunnel.
Spread of the palm tree and of traditional knowledge related to cultivation of the palm tree and the installation of the oases in dry areas.
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