Rural

Question 1

What is the Sahel?

Answer 1

Semi arid region to the south of the Sahara

Question 2

What is land degredation?

Question 3

Sahel - Impacts on the environment

Answer 3

Loss of fertile soil, desertification, Increased risk of drought and water stores have less capacity

Question 4

Sahel - Impacts on people

Answer 4

Malnutrition and famine, collapse of the nomadic way of life, conflict

Question 5

Sahel - Impacts on the economy

Answer 5

crop failure, less money earned for farmers, reliance on international aid creates debt

Question 6

Sahel - What are three local management strategies?

Answer 6

Stone lines
Zai technique
Accacia tree planting

Question 7

Sahel - What are two global management strategies?

Answer 7

Great Green Wall, Sustainable Development Goals

Question 8

What are stone lines?

Answer 8

Lines of stones that catch soil and nutrients

Question 9

Positive effects of stone lines

Answer 9

easy to build, increased crop yields by 55%

Question 10

Limitations of stone lines

Question 11

What is the Zai technique?

Answer 11

Pits are dug and filled with animal dung as well as the seeds of the plant they wish to grow.

Question 12

How does planting Accacia trees help manage land degradation?

Question 13

Positive effects of Zai techniques

Answer 13

They can be dug in the off-season, causes better water infiltration of the soil

Question 14

limitations of the Zai technique

Answer 14

Labour intensive

Question 15

Effectiveness of accacia tree planting

Question 16

What is the Great Green Wall?

Answer 16

A vast project that intends to plant millions of trees that will span 8000km across the continent.

Question 17

Positive effects of the Great Green Wall

Answer 17

More shade, People can move along the wall instead of wandering aimlessly, creates hundreds of thousands of jobs for people, reduces wind erosion, reduces desertification

Question 18

Limitations of the Great Green Wall