Resources Tagged: Zai Hole

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  1. SLM06 Zai Planting Pits - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Zaï as they are known in Burkina Faso, or tassa in Niger, are wide deep planting pits. They act as a microcatchment and can be used to rehabilitate soils when used with manure. They have been very successful in West Africa during the last 25 years. Available...
    AccessAgriculture Zai Hole Sustainable Land M... Planting Pits

  2. Zai Pit System

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    01.01.2013 “Zai” is a term that farmers in northern Burkina Faso use to refer to small planting pits that typically measure 20-30 cm in width, are 10-20 cm deep and spaced 60-80 cm apart. In the Tahoua region of Niger, the haussa word “tassa” is used. English terms used to decribe zai pits include “planting...
    Zai Pit Zai Hole Cereals Microcatchment

  3. Dryland Techniques and Mulches

    19.10.1996 Zai Holes Harness Termites to Increase Crop Yields Grass Mulch: An Innovative Way of Gardening in the Dry Tropics Colored Plastic Mulches Thick Mulch for No-Till Gardens Rice Hull Mulch
    Mulch Zai Hole Zai Pit

  4. South Africa Research Update

    20.10.2013 Does a planting basin, like a zai pit, make much of a difference in soil moisture on a sandy soil? Because water leaches through sand rather quickly, you might expect that planting depressions would not have a significant impact on soil moisture. With the soil in ECHO research plots in South...
    Planting Basin Zai Pit Zai Hole Soil Moisture Sandy Soil Moisture Retention