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Native shrubs: a simple fix for drought-stricken crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

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imageThe Sahel, the transition zone between the arid north of Africa and tropic south, has highly variable rainfall. Center for International Forestry Research., CC BY-NC-ND

Variability is the only guarantee when it comes to the rainfall of the Sahel, the transitional zone between the parched Sahara Desert and the wetter...

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