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Rehabilitation of degraded lands
technologies

Rehabilitation of degraded lands [Ethiopia]

Activities that help maintain the productive potentials of soils through prevention and reduction of erosion, enhancing of rehabilitation rate by practicing measures such as microbasins, trench, eyebrow terrace, terraces, pitting and plantation of trees.

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Hillside Terracing
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Hillside Terracing [Ethiopia]

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

  • Compiler: Hans Hurni
Stone faced trench bund
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Stone faced trench bund [Ethiopia]

It is an allignment of stones embankment at the lower/downslope of the trench dug to form earth embankment following a contour.

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Desho Grass Soil Bund
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Desho Grass Soil Bund [Ethiopia]

Desho grass strip is a vegetative SWC measure used for stablizing the bund and provide fodder for animals.

  • Compiler: Daniel Danano
Gully erosion management
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Gully erosion management [Ethiopia]

Gully erosion management is the application of combination of practices to control excess or concentrated runoff generation in the gully upstream catchment area, divert excess runoff upstream of gully heads and control further development of gully using appropriate structural and vegetative measures in the head, bed and sides of the …

  • Compiler: Gizaw Desta Gessesse
Area closure
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Area closure [Ethiopia]

Closure of degraded land is made on land that has lost vegetation cover, has low soil fertility . To speed up the regeneration process applying some SWC activities and enrichment plantation will be necessary.

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Dawa-Cheffa Traditional Checkdam
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Dawa-Cheffa Traditional Checkdam [Ethiopia]

A structural measure constructed by stone/soil/wood acrross the gully to control erosion and create favourble condition for crop cultivation.

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Large semi circular stone bunds
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Large semi circular stone bunds [Ethiopia]

These consist of stone embankments built in the shape of a semi circle with the tips of the bund on the contour and are arranged in staggered orientation in rows so that overflow from one row will run into the next downslope.

  • Compiler: Eyasu Yazew
Gully Rehabilitation
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Gully Rehabilitation [Ethiopia]

It is a barrier of stone/wood/earth placed across a gully to control runoff and sediment passing through.

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