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Pastoralism, as practiced in the case study area, is the traditional mode of extensive livestock husbandry, based on the movement of herds between the rich pastures in the northern pastoral zones (rainy season) and the southern areas (dry season) according to seasonal availability of water and grazing land / fodder …

• Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
• 11/12/2010 9:20 a.m.

Covering the soil with mulch protects it against wind and water erosion and provides nutrients which has a positive effect on yields and food security.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8:05 a.m.

Technique traditionnelle améliorée pour l'entretien des cultures qui consiste à sarcler tout en construisant des billons cloisonnés pour détruire les adventices et contrôler le ruissellement.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/08/2011 9:35 a.m.

The ‘couloirs de passage’ are formally defined passageways which channel the movements of livestock herds in the agro-pastoral zones of Niger, by linking pastures, water points and coralling areas, be it within village areas (internal couloirs) or on open land (external couloirs).

• Compiler: Lemma Ababu
• 11/11/2010 2:54 p.m.

A combination of three measures to stabilise dunes: area closure, the use of palisades, and vegetative fixation through natural regeneration as well as planting.

• Compiler: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 10:13 a.m.

Oasis gardens in Niger for crop, vegetable and fruit production are supplied with irrigation water from traditional wells.

• Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
• 09/30/2010 11:24 a.m.

Les murets servent à casser la vitesse de ruissellement en favorisant l'infiltration et le dépôt de terres en amont des ouvrages sur versants dénudés à sols caillouteux.

• Compiler: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 9:55 p.m.

Zai planting pits are designed to collect rainwater and to conserve nutrients in order to improve crop production and food security.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8 a.m.

Rehabilitation of degraded land through manured planting pits, in combination with contour stone lines. The planting pits are used for millet and sorghum production on gentle slopes.

• Compiler: Charles Bielders
• 06/07/2011 7:40 p.m.

Nardi/Vallerani trenches are microcatchments which are made using a special tractor-pulled plough to restore degraded and encrusted forests and rangelands

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:54 a.m.