stone bund [Ethiopia]
stone terrace more or less along the contour, combined with artificial waterways and traditional ditches to drain excess water, and heightened field borders
- Compiler: Eva Ludi
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Konso Bench Terrace [Ethiopia]
It is a stone wall embankment along the contour with land leveling in between two terrace walls to control erosion.
- Compiler: Daniel Danano
Dejen Stone Bund [Ethiopia]
Stone bund is an enbankment of stone constructed acrros the slope following the contour.
- Compiler: Unknown User
Earth checks for Gully reclamation [Ethiopia]
Earh-checks are constructed of earth embankment put across in a deep gully in such a way to trap sediment and store water passing by it.
- Compiler: Daniel Danano
Chat Ridge bund [Ethiopia]
It is a mechanical conservation measure where a basin and a ridge are formed for planting chat along a contour
- Compiler: Unknown User
Stone Faced Soil Bund of South Gonder [Ethiopia]
Stone faced soil bund is an embankemt constructed along the contour by the use of stone and soil as a construction material.
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traditional cut-off drain [Ethiopia]
graded ditch out of soil and stones to protect the fields below from water runoff
- Compiler: Sabina Erny
Microcatchments and ponds [Ethiopia]
Microcatchments and ponds are water harvesting measures used to collect stored and spread over an area to increase soil moisture and ground water level.
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Trashlines [Ethiopia]
Trashlines are constructed as a barrier of runoff, soil erosion using maize, sorghum and teff straw/stalk
- Compiler: Daniel Danano Dale
Grazing Land Improvement [Ethiopia]
It is a technique which increases the productivity of grasslands per unit area through activities of soding and direct sawing of grass species.
- Compiler: Daniel Danano