The thick black earth, a result of deposits from floods, can sustain two or three crop rotations before there is another flood. The amount of water contained in this muck after a flood could not be duplicated with irrigation. This family is harvesting sorghum in the Karo village called Labuk. Karo are sedentary agriculturists who practice flood recession agriculture on the banks of the Omo.
Buy This ImageEthiopia’s Omo Valley | Africa’s Last Frontier, National Geographic Magazine: Harvesting sorghum in the Karo village called Labuk
October 31, 2011 By
