SLM Database

Vegetated graded soil bund is a soil conservation practice meant for cultivated lands and constructed by excavating graded channel on upper side and develop embankment on lower side which is planted with grass or shrub species in order to control soil erosion and drain excess runoff implemented through community mobilization.

• Compiler: Gizaw Desta Gessesse
• 05/12/2014 1:28 p.m.

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
• 05/08/2014 10:06 a.m.

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.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/16/2011 11:41 a.m.

Stone walls placed downslope in an inclined manner having embankment of soil on upstream along the contour line having tieridge.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/20/2011 4:51 p.m.

It is an integrated land husbandary practice aimed at improving farm productivity of a household through the sustainable land resources development

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/26/2011 2:44 p.m.

it is an embankment of soil constructed along the contour on crop lands

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 05/29/2011 6:27 p.m.

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

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 05/29/2011 9:44 p.m.

It is a raised wall constructed across a stream/gully using stone, concrete and/or gabion for dual purpose, namely, to pond/store the stream flow behind it for irrigation purpose while at the same time reducing the runoff velocity and enhancing gully rehabilitation.

• Compiler: Eyasu Yazew
• 11/11/2012 4:13 p.m.

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
• 11/11/2012 12:07 p.m.

Compacted soil bund constructed following a contour using a soil excavated from deep trenches on the up-slope side.

• Compiler: Eyasu Yazew
• 11/10/2012 7:48 p.m.