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Image number: 2700
Feature : Eucalyptus tree
Grouping : agricultural techniques
Discipline : agriculture
Year : 2009
Locality : Lwiro
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu, Bukavu
Physiographic region : Rift Kivu
Notice : The fertile soils on weathered basalt, the stimulus from local agricultural research, constitute the environment for local farming. Agroforestry techniques. Eucalyptus trees are planted for the production of fire wood and construction wood. Branches can be cut and the tree will regrow.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2700.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"