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• Advise farmers and educate them about proper ways to grow crops including

crop rotation

• Teach about the consequences of over grazing and risks of using primitive

farming techniques

• Make better use of leguminous plants (intercropping) which will fix nitrogen

making the soil more fertile and less subjected to desertification

• Promote the use of Solar Ovens and subsidize their purchase as a way to reduce

pressure on fuel wood harvesting. Alternative fuel sources, such as gas and
biogas, have been introduced in Chad and other countries, along with energy
saving stoves and solar-powered cookers.

References and Further Reading

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CILSS (1994) Experience in drought risk management. Inter-State Center for Drought in the Sahel,
Paris
Coe MT, Foley J (2001) Human and natural impacts on the water resources of the Lake Chad basin.
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Collelo T (ed) (1988) Chad: a country study. GPO for the Library of Congress, Washington
Kirmse RD, Norton BE (1984) The potential of Acacia albida for desertification control and
increased productivity in Chad. Biol Conserv 29:121-141
Lal R (1988) Soil degradation and the future of agriculture in Sub- Saharan Africa. J Soil Water
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Reich PF, Numbem ST, Almaraz RA, Eswaran H (2001) Land resource stresses and desertification
in Africa. In: Bridges EM, Hannam ID, Oldeman LR, Pening FWT, de Vries SJ, Scherr SJ,
Sompatpanit S (eds) Responses to land degradation. Proceedings of the 2nd international
conference on land degradation and desertification, Khon Kaen. Oxford Press, New Delhi
Republic of Chad (2006) Republic of Chad review report on drought and desertification, Paris
SRAP (2000) Sub-Regional Action Program to combat desertification in West Africa and Chad:
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UNCCD (2012) About the convention. Retrieved 15 June 2011 from United Nations convention
on combating desertification: http://www.unccd.int/en/about-the-convention/Pages/About-the-
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World Bank (2002) Process framework for the mitigation of social impacts of the Lake Chad Basin
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Bank, Washington, DC