Fig. 5

Rehabilitation of degraded landscape and its benefit to local farmers. a Heavy gully observed in 2006 from google Earth (Kilte Awulaelo district, village Abraha Atsibaha); b restored gulley in 2016 photo from google Earth (Kilte Awulaelo district, village Abraha Atsibaha); c conserved hillside (Kilte Awulaelo district, village Abraha Atsibaha, photo: researcher); d ground water harvesting at the bottom of the hill (Hawzen district, Hayelom village, photo: Hawzen district office of agriculture and rural development (HDOARD); e a woman harvesting grass in area exclosure (Kilte Awulaelo district, Abraha Atsibaha, photo: researcher); f potato harvesting from irrigated land (Saesie Tsaeda Emba district, Saz village, photo: researcher)