1.2 Detalhes do contato das pessoas capacitadas e instituições envolvidas na avaliação e documentação da tecnologia

Nome da(s) instituição(ões) que facilitou(ram) a documentação/ avaliação da Tecnologia (se relevante)

1.3 Condições em relação ao uso da informação documentada através de WOCAT

O compilador e a(s) pessoa(s) capacitada(s) aceitam as condições relativas ao uso de dados documentados através do WOCAT:

Sim

2.1 Descrição curta da tecnologia

Definição da tecnologia:

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

2.2 Descrição detalhada da tecnologia

Descrição:

The technology is known by the farmers for more than a century. Since the area is highly affected by gully erosion, this practice is widely used by farmers in the area and also widely practiced. Its construction starts from the bottom of the gully and proceeds upslope with different dimensions. The height depends on the depth of the gully and it is increased from year to year. On the average the width is 1m and hieght is 1.80m. The technology is used to develop big gullies and treatment of small gully like depressions, attain slope change to enhance land suitability to crop production and to conserve soil and water. The construction of the stone checkdam starts with small heights and some height is added every year until the intended height is reached. The increase in height could be done during maintenance also. The major objective being to stop gully growth, trap sediment and retain water running down the gully. In the course of increasing the height, the area for sediment deposition gets wider. The technology is suitable to areas with low rainfalls of rugged topography having a network of gullies.

2.5 País/região/locais onde a tecnologia foi aplicada e que estão cobertos nesta avaliação

País:

Etiópia

Região/Estado/Província:

Amhara Regional State

Especificação adicional de localização:

Koshem Watershed

Especifique a difusão da tecnologia:

• Uniformemente difundida numa área

Se a área precisa não for conhecida, indicar a área aproximada coberta:

• 10-100 km2

Comentários:

Total area covered by the SLM Technology is 810 km2.

The technology is mostly practiced in the eastern escarpment of the the woreda experiencing low and erratic rains. Area is estimated

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2.6 Data da implementação

Caso o ano exato seja desconhecido, indique a data aproximada:

• mais de 50 anos atrás (tradicional)

2.7 Introdução da tecnologia

Especifique como a tecnologia foi introduzida:

• Como parte do sistema tradicional (>50 anos)

Comentários (tipos de projeto, etc.):

Is developed by land users themselves

3.1 Principal/principais finalidade(s) da tecnologia

• Melhora a produção
• Reduz, previne, recupera a degradação do solo

3.2 Tipo(s) atualizado(s) de uso da terra onde a tecnologia foi aplicada

Terra de cultivo

• Cultura anual
• Cultura perene (não lenhosa)
• Cultura de árvores e arbustos

Cultivo anual - Especificar culturas:

• cereais - milho
• cereais - sorgo
• Legumes e leguminosas - feijão
• Legumes e leguminosas - outras
• culturas oleaginosas - girassol, colza, outros

• haricot bean, teff

• sugar cane, elephant grass, local grass

Cultivo de árvores e arbustos - Especificar culturas:

• cítrico
• café, cultivado ao ar livre
• frutas, outros
• manga, mangostão, goiaba
• mamão

• acacia, eucalyptus, khata edulis, ageava sisal, banana, lemon

Número de estações de cultivo por ano:

• 2

Especifique:

Longest growing period in days: 210 Longest growing period from month to month: May - Nov Second longest growing period in days: 180 Second longest growing period from month to month: Jan - Apr

O cultivo entre culturas é praticado?

Sim

Em caso afirmativo, especifique quais são as culturas intercultivadas:

sorghum/maize +haricot beans

Pastagem

Floresta/bosques

• Florestas/bosques (semi)naturais

Florestas (semi)naturais/ bosques: Especificar o tipo de manejo:

• Derrubada descontrolada

Produtos e serviços:

• Madeira
• Lenha
• Pastagem/Alimentação de folhas e brotos

Comentários:

Major land use problems (compiler’s opinion): Increase in human and animal population, overggrazing and expansion of cultivated lands to areas which are not suitable to cultivation is a problem. Meanwhile, owing to gully expansion and in the absence of preventive and control measures, there is considerable loss of soil from grazing and cultivated lands.

Major land use problems (land users’ perception): More area is getting out of production.

Other grazingland: extensive: pastoralism: in the eastern side of the SWC technology area

Other grazingland: extensive: semi-pastoralism: on the ridgea nd hilly slopes where land users are engaged in crop and livestock production

Grazingland comments: Livestock production is decreasing primarily because of decreasing grazing lands. The number of livestock being the most important factor for herd owners than the quailty. More extension work will be needed to promot the awarness of livestock owners in a way they give emphases to quality of livestock production than numbers.

Clear felling of (semi-)natural forests: to open land for cultivation, chrcoal making

Problems / comments regarding forest use: The natural forest/wood lands are decreasing mainly to expansion of cultivation and also due to high demand for use. However, because of plantations on gullies, hillside closures and woodlots there is a positive trend of increase of planted trees.

Type of cropping system and major crops comments: Fruit trees, sugar cane, pulses

Type of grazing system comments: Livestock production is decreasing primarily because of decreasing grazing lands. The number of livestock being the most important factor for herd owners than the quailty. More extension work will be needed to promot the awarness of livestock owners in a way they give emphases to quality of livestock production than numbers.

3.4 Abastecimento de água

Abastecimento de água para a terra na qual a tecnologia é aplicada:

• Precipitação natural

Comentários:

Water supply: Also mixed rainfed - irrigated

Water supply: post-flooding

3.5 Grupo de GST ao qual pertence a tecnologia

• Gestão de água de superfície (nascente, rio, lagos, mar)

3.6 Medidas de GST contendo a tecnologia

Medidas agronômicas

• A1: cobertura vegetal/do solo
• A2: Matéria orgânica/fertilidade do solo
• A3: Tratamento da superfície do solo
• A6: Gerenciamento de resíduos
• A7: Outros

Medidas vegetativas

Medidas estruturais

• S6: Muros, barreiras, paliçadas, cercas

Comentários:

Main measures: structural measures

Secondary measures: agronomic measures, vegetative measures

Type of agronomic measures: mixed cropping / intercropping, contour planting / strip cropping, legume inter-planting, manure / compost / residues, contour tillage

Type of vegetative measures: aligned: -contour

3.7 Principais tipos de degradação da terra abordados pela tecnologia

Erosão do solo pela água

• Wt: Perda do solo superficial/erosão de superfície
• Wg: Erosão por ravinas/ravinamento

Deteriorização química do solo

• Cn: declínio de fertilidade e teor reduzido de matéria orgânica (não causado pela erosão)

Comentários:

Main type of degradation addressed: Wg: gully erosion / gullying

Secondary types of degradation addressed: Wt: loss of topsoil / surface erosion, Cn: fertility decline and reduced organic matter content

Main causes of degradation: deforestation / removal of natural vegetation (incl. forest fires), overgrazing, other human induced causes (specify) (agricultural causes), labour availability (lack of labour), land subdivision

Secondary causes of degradation: over-exploitation of vegetation for domestic use, other natural causes (avalanches, volcanic eruptions, mud flows, highly susceptible natural resources, extreme topography, etc.) specify, poverty / wealth (lack of captial), education, access to knowledge and support services (lack of knowledge), lack of enforcement of legislat./authority

3.8 Redução, prevenção ou recuperação da degradação do solo

Especifique o objetivo da tecnologia em relação a degradação da terra:

• Recuperar/reabilitar solo severamente degradado

Comentários:

Secondary goals: prevention of land degradation, mitigation / reduction of land degradation

4.1 Desenho técnico da tecnologia

Especificações técnicas (relacionada ao desenho técnico):

Amhara

Technical knowledge required for field staff / advisors: high

Technical knowledge required for land users: moderate

Main technical functions: increase / maintain water stored in soil, sediment retention / trapping, sediment harvesting

Secondary technical functions: reduction of slope angle, reduction of slope length, increase of infiltration

Mixed cropping / intercropping
Material/ species: sorghum/maize +haricot beans
Quantity/ density: 70,000 sor
Remarks: broadcast

Agronomic measure: mixed cropping / intercropping
Material/ species: teff + sunflower
Quantity/ density: -
Remarks: broadcast

Manure / compost / residues
Material/ species: Animal dung, fuelwood ash, leaves, soil
Quantity/ density: 0.6 ton/ha

Contour tillage
Remarks: along contour

Agronomic measure: Sediment trapped by checkdam
Remarks: along the contour

Agronomic measure: Seedbed preparation by hoe

Aligned: -contour
Vegetative material: T : trees / shrubs
Number of plants per (ha): 1500
Vertical interval between rows / strips / blocks (m): 1-1.8m
Spacing between rows / strips / blocks (m): 8-10m
Vertical interval within rows / strips / blocks (m): 1-2m
Width within rows / strips / blocks (m): 1x1

Vegetative measure: aligned: contour
Vegetative material: G : grass
Number of plants per (ha): -
Vertical interval between rows / strips / blocks (m): 1-1.8m
Spacing between rows / strips / blocks (m): 8-10m
Vertical interval within rows / strips / blocks (m): -
Width within rows / strips / blocks (m): -

Vegetative measure: aligned: contour
Vegetative material: G : grass
Number of plants per (ha): 2000
Vertical interval between rows / strips / blocks (m): 1-1.8m
Spacing between rows / strips / blocks (m): 8-10m
Vertical interval within rows / strips / blocks (m): -
Width within rows / strips / blocks (m): -

Vegetative measure: Vegetative material: G : grass

Vegetative measure: Vegetative material: G : grass

Trees/ shrubs species: acacia, eucalyptus, khata edulis, ageava sisal

Fruit trees / shrubs species: coffee, papaya, guava, banana, lemon, manago, orange

Grass species: elephant grass, local grass

Slope (which determines the spacing indicated above): 12.00%

If the original slope has changed as a result of the Technology, the slope today is (see figure below): 3.00%

Gradient along the rows / strips: 0.00%

Structural measure: Checkdam
Vertical interval between structures (m): 1
Spacing between structures (m): 8m
Depth of ditches/pits/dams (m): 0.3m
Width of ditches/pits/dams (m): 1m
Length of ditches/pits/dams (m): 5m
Height of bunds/banks/others (m): 0.5-1m
Width of bunds/banks/others (m): 1m
Length of bunds/banks/others (m): 5.m

Construction material (earth): Soil is embnked upslope of the stone wall as reinforcement

Construction material (stone): Stone is used to construct the embankment/wall/and is supported by soil in the upslope side to reinf

Construction material (wood): Wood used as support at the downslope side

Slope (which determines the spacing indicated above): 12%

If the original slope has changed as a result of the Technology, the slope today is: 3%

Lateral gradient along the structure: 0%

For water harvesting: the ratio between the area where the harvested water is applied and the total area from which water is collected is: 1:3

Vegetation is used for stabilisation of structures.

Change of land use type: gully converted to cropland

Other type of management: fencing and guarding - protect animals from interering to plantations

4.2 Informação geral em relação ao cálculo de entradas e custos

Outro/moeda nacional (especifique):

Birr

Se for relevante, indique a taxa de câmbio do USD para moeda local (por exemplo, 1 USD = 79,9 Real): 1 USD =:

8,6

4.3 Atividades de implantação

4.4 Custos e entradas necessárias para a implantação

Comentários:

Duration of establishment phase: 180 month(s)

4.5 Atividades recorrentes/manutenção

4.6 Custos e entradas necessárias pata a manutenção/atividades recorrentes (por ano)

Comentários:

Machinery/ tools: Shovel, hoe

Length per hectar of land

4.7 Fatores mais importantes que afetam os custos

Descreva os fatores mais determinantes que afetam os custos:

labour, slope and depth of the gully, width of the gully, availability of construction material, soil depth. The establishment cost considerts the cost incurred over 15 years.

5.1 Clima

5.2 Topografia

Comentários e outras especificações sobre a topografia:

Landforms: Hill slopes (ranked 1, relatively drier and the technology is most suitable to this area) and ridges (ranked 2, the ridge separates the east and west parts the SWC area)
Slopes on average: Hilly (ranked 1, mostly terraced of stone bunds), rolling (ranked 2, more number of gullies and more area under the technology) and steep (ranked 3, bush lands suitable for grazing)

5.3 Solos

Caso disponível anexe a descrição completa do solo ou especifique as informações disponíveis, p. ex. tipo de solo, PH/acidez do solo, nitrogênio, capacidade de troca catiônica, salinidade, etc.

Soil depth on average: Shallow (ranked1, more on hill slopes), moderately deep (ranked 2, on rolling terrain) and very shallow (ranked 3, on hilly and steep slopes)
Soil texture: Medium (dominant on hilly slopes) and coarse/light (on rolling terrains)
Soil fertility is low (on hilly sloping areas) and medium (on rolling lands)
Topsoil organic matter: Low (in all land forms)
Soil drainage/infiltration is good (on hilly and rolling lands) and medium (ridge)
Soil water storage capacity is low (on hilly and rolling lands) and medium (ridge)

5.6 Características dos usuários da terra que utilizam a tecnologia

Indique outras características relevantes dos usuários da terra:

Population density: 50-100 persons/km2
Annual population growth: 2% - 3%
20% of the land users are rich and own 30% of the land.
35% of the land users are average wealthy and own 30% of the land.
45% of the land users are poor and own 40% of the land.

Market orientation of garzing land production system: Subsistence (self-supply, production ids for self consumption and even it does not satistfy household needs)
Market orientation of crop land production system: Subsistence (self-supply) and mixed (subsistence and commercial)
Market orientation of crop land production system: Subsistence (self-supply, fuel wood collection for home consumption , construction wood, sell fuel woo and , make charcoal )

5.7 Área média de terrenos utilizados pelos usuários de terrenos que aplicam a Tecnologia

5.8 Propriedade de terra, direitos de uso da terra e de uso da água

Propriedade da terra:

• Estado

Direitos do uso da terra:

• Indivíduo

6.1 Impactos no local mostrados pela tecnologia

Impactos socioeconômicos

Produção

Renda e custos

Impactos socioculturais

Impactos ecológicos

Ciclo hídrico/escoamento

Solo

Outros impactos ecológicos

6.2 Impactos externos mostrados pela tecnologia

6.4 Análise do custo-benefício

Como os benefícios se comparam aos custos de implantação (do ponto de vista dos usuários da terra)?

Como os benefícios se comparam aos custos recorrentes/de manutenção(do ponto de vista dos usuários da terra)?

6.5 Adoção da tecnologia

Se disponível, determine a quantidade (número de unidades familiares e/ou área abordada):

25000

De todos aqueles que adotaram a Tecnologia, quantos o fizeram espontaneamente, ou seja, sem receber nenhum incentivo/ pagamento material?

• 91-100%

Comentários:

25000 land user families have adopted the Technology with external material support

Comments on acceptance with external material support: estimates

100% of land user families have adopted the Technology without any external material support

25000 land user families have adopted the Technology without any external material support

Comments on spontaneous adoption: estimates

There is a little trend towards spontaneous adoption of the Technology

Comments on adoption trend: Reclaiming gullies for agricultural land (crop and livestock production) is labourous.

6.7 Pontos fortes/vantagens/oportunidades da tecnologia

7.1 Métodos/fontes de informação

7.2 Referências às publicações disponíveis

Título, autor, ano, ISBN:

Monthly, quarterly and annual achievement reports of the DWARDO

Título, autor, ano, ISBN:

Work norm of MERET

Título, autor, ano, ISBN:

Ethiopian Highlands Reclamation stdy

Título, autor, ano, ISBN:

Soil and water conservation , Morgan 1986