SLM Database

Trashlines are constructed as a barrier of runoff, soil erosion using maize, sorghum and teff straw/stalk

• Compiler: Daniel Danano Dale
• 02/14/2011 1:46 p.m.

Agronomic/structural measure using straw of maize and/or sorghum.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/13/2011 11:23 a.m.

Construction of stones walls along the contour with trenches on the upper side of the structure while the upper part of the structure filled with soil and compacted.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/28/2011 7:51 p.m.

A terrace constructed along the contour with the embankment above the basin to prevent/control or reduce runoff.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 05/30/2011 8:55 p.m.

It is an embankment of soil with no gradient along the contour and stablized with grasses, tree/shrub plant species.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 05/29/2011 10:35 p.m.

Runoff/flood farming locally known as Korbe is a practice that involves diversion of water from different sources for growing vegetables, fruit trees and crops of high value on a land prepared known as Korbe.

• Compiler: Daniel Danano
• 09/24/2010 10:58 a.m.

Stablized bund constructed fron stone and soils on the farm land along the contour and planted with multipurposive plant species

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 05/30/2011 12:51 p.m.

A double basin masonry check dam is a physical structure that helps to stop gully formation or further development of gullies in dry valleys. It rehabilitates small to a medium-sized deep gullies that are eating into the heart of adjacent land.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 03/21/2023 6:10 p.m.

Water Spreading Weirs are designed to protect the degradation of agricultural fields and rangelands. They contribute to soil and water conservation and enhance the productive use of dry valleys for food crops and livestock fodder production via the harvest and spread of runoff water and fertile soils.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 03/21/2023 6:02 p.m.

Hedges are structured shrub communities that subdivide fields, reduce soil erosion, and provide valuable semi-natural habitats.

• Compiler: Felix Witing
• 05/11/2022 11:24 a.m.