SLM Database

A hillside terrace is a structure along the contour, where a strip of land is levelled for tree planting.

• Compiler: Hans Hurni
• 02/13/2011 12:20 nm.

A bench terrace is an artificial horizontal strip dug across a steep landscape, with a riser ranging between 30 and 45 degrees. Bench terraces are constructed in series and help to minimize land degradation by rainwater runoff

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 10/06/2016 9:18 vm.

Vegetable terracing is a technology practiced at which point terraces are established from the contours along mountain slope for crop production.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 11/23/2015 8:51 vm.

Rockwall terracing refers to the piling of stones or rocks along contour lines to reduce soil erosion in hilly areas.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 09/22/2015 9:46 vm.

Soil erosion by water is one of the major problems in hilly or mountainous countries like Bhutan. In such areas, effective erosion control measures are required to reduce the slope gradient and minimize surface runoff. Among many SLM interventions, mechanical bench terracing is one of the most widely promoted and …

• Compiler: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 07/08/2023 4:05 nm.

Reshaping unproductive land into a series of levelled, gently-sloping platforms creates conditions suitable for cultivation and prevents accelerated erosion.

• Compiler: Aqila Haidery
• 04/19/2016 5:34 nm.

Tree plantations in combination with hillside terracing to protect upper catchment areas are a widespread technology in the Central and Northern Highland Zone of Eritrea.

• Compiler: Eyob Zeremariam
• 11/15/2010 10:47 vm.

Terraces are constructions built mainly in hilly areas to reduce water erosion losses from cultivated erodible soils and for water conservation.

• Compiler: Costas Kosmas
• 06/28/2011 10:21 vm.

Terracing of landscapes against soil erosion for soy, corn, cotton, and sugar cane production of large enterprises in Central Brazil

• Compiler: Stefan Hohnwald
• 07/21/2015 10:51 vm.