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Fanya juu terraces
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Fanya juu terraces [Kenya]

Terrace bund in association with a ditch, along the contour or on a gentle lateral gradient. Soil is thrown on the upper side of the ditch to form the bund, which is often stabilised by planting a fodder grass.

  • Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
Agroforestry system (intercropping beans/maize) with contour ditches, strips of Napier grass, manure and organic fertilizers.
technologies

Agroforestry system (intercropping beans/maize) with contour ditches, strips … [Kenya]

The technology is a combination of agricultural (e.g. intercropping, manure/compost/mulching), vegetative (e.g. Napier grass strips, trees planting) and structural (e.g. ditches) measures which aim to maximise the overall land yield in a sustainable manner (e.g. reducing soil erosion and increasing soil quality).

  • Compiler: Laura D'Aietti
Grevillea agroforestry system
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Grevillea agroforestry system [Kenya]

Multipurpose Grevillea robusta trees planted along farm boundaries, on terrace risers and occasionally scattered in cropland.

  • Compiler: Ceris A. Jones
Agroforestry land use in bench terraces with cut-off and infiltration ditches and Napier grass strips.
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Agroforestry land use in bench terraces with cut-off … [Kenya]

A combination of agricultural (e.g. intercropping, mulching, minimum tillage), vegetative (e.g. Napier grass strips, trees planting) and structural (e.g. ditches, bench terracing) measures which aim to maximise the overall yield in a sustainable manner (e.g. reduction of soil erosion and increasing the soil quality).

  • Compiler: Laura D'Aietti
Coffee Agroforestry
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Coffee Agroforestry [Kenya]

Land use management system in which coffee is grown around or among crops or pastureland. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy, and sustainable land-use systems.

  • Compiler: Paul Kahiga
Woodlot
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Woodlot [Kenya]

This is a vegetative technology that involves planting of trees in a portion of land for various uses.

  • Compiler: Paul Kahiga