DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY
1. It is applied on bare lands
2. Flowering stages of invaders should be taken into consideration before layering
3. functions; silt trap, moisture retention, as a factor of soil formation and medium for plant growth
4. Locally available materials such as invasive species
5. Improves land cover, land productivity and soil organic carbon
6. To land users, the technology is easy to implement and it has higher chances of reclaiming the marginal land. However, most of invasive species are used as source of fuel by the rural communities for cooking and heating in households. Many rural communities do not have electricity, gas or firewood as a source of fuel. Whenever people come across a heap of these invasive species, they vandalize it.
Lugar: Lesotho highlands, Leribe District, Lesoto
No. de sitios de Tecnología analizados: un solo sitio
Difusión de la Tecnología: aplicada en puntos específicos/ concentrada en un área pequeña
¿En un área de protección permanente?: No
Fecha de la implementación: 2019
Tipo de introducción
Especies | Count |
ganado - de trabajo, no lácteo | n.d. |
Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (USD) | Costos totales por insumo (USD) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
Mano de obra | |||||
person-days | 1,0 | 5,0 | 5,0 | 5,0 | |
Equipo | |||||
muttock | piece | 1,0 | 16,0 | 16,0 | |
Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología | 21.0 | ||||
Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología en USD | 21.0 |
Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (USD) | Costos totales por insumo (USD) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
Mano de obra | |||||
N/A | N/A | ||||
Unlike most highlands in Lesotho, this area is most privileged due to Lesotho Highlands Development Authority interventions
Cantidad antes de MST: Degraded land
Cantidad luego de MST: Restoration significant
Layering restores bare areas
Cantidad antes de MST: Poor
Cantidad luego de MST: Increased
Cantidad antes de MST: Wilting point
Cantidad luego de MST: Field capacity
Moisture content not measured
Cantidad antes de MST: NDVI 0.1
Cantidad luego de MST: NDVI 0.5
Not measured but estimated from landsat
Cantidad antes de MST: 1%
Cantidad luego de MST: 1.01%
Might improve with
Cantidad antes de MST: NDVI 0.1
Cantidad luego de MST: NDVI 0.5
This technology has improved vegetation cover where it has been applied.
Cantidad antes de MST: wilting point
Cantidad luego de MST: prolonged field capacity
Brush works more or less like mulch.
Cantidad antes de MST: Ground water not recharged
Cantidad luego de MST: Ground water mostly recharged
Several seasonal water sources enhanced