Resources Tagged: Soil Conservation

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  1. Contour Farming with Living Barriers

    This booklet reflects this focus on encouraging self-sufficiency of persons in rural communities throught the world. It discusses planting methods forliving barriers and other uses for living barriers. (2 Copies)
    Nusa Tenggara Timur Indonesia Living Fence Shelterbelts Hedgerow Dryland Farming Soil Conservation

  2. Soil and Water Conservation for Productivity and Environmental Protection

    1980-01-01 Erosion and pollution problems exist in every country, and each country has its own approach to managing and conserving soil and water. Soil and waqter conservation is everybody's business.
    Soil Conservation Soil Erosion Water Conservation

  3. Sustaining the Soil: Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Africa

    Key Resource 1996-09-01 Indigenous soil and water conservation practices are rarely acknowledged in the design of conventional development projects. Instead, the history of soil and water conservation in Africa has been one of imposing external solutions without regard for local practice. There is a remarkably diverse...
    Water Conservation Soil Conservation

  4. Stone Lines - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Stone lines induce a natural process of terracing as they trap sediments. Stone lines or stone bunds can slow down runoff, increase water infiltration and form the basis for improved production in semi-arid areas. By using the contours of low slopes water...
    Terracing AccessAgriculture Rainwater Harvesting Cross-Slope Barriers Sustainable Land M... Water Harvesting Soil Conservation East Africa

  5. Ways of Water: Run-off, Irrigation and Drainage

    Key Resource 1992-03-01 Water is everywhere - its physics and chemistry, rain, evaporation, infiltration, underground, the intimate relationship between life and water, and other natural phenomena. Its effects and applications need to be understood: run-off, erosion, soil drainage and irrigation. These comprise the main...
    Soil Conservation Water Conservation

  6. Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion

    Key Resource 1993-01-01 For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears...
    Plant Conservation Plant Propagation Vetiver Grass Soil Conservation Cover Crops

  7. Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual

    The Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual: Provides an overview of the concept of soil health. Describes soil constraints and soil quality issues common to soils in New York and the Northeast region, especially in vegetable and field crop production systems. Provides guidelines on how to...
    Key Resource Soil Soil Conservation Training

  8. A holi(y) intelligence: Regenerating soils, souls, and society 

    2015-11-17 A different type of intelligence is needed to address the complexity of our current world, Tre’ will discuss the connection between holism, faith, and the needed regeneration in our soils, souls, and society. Presenter: Tre’ is the COO/CFO of the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado. After...
    Creation Care Sustainable Develo... Agriculture Develo... Soil Soil Conservation

  9. Introduction to Sustainable Land Management - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Introduction to sustainable land management practices which have a proven track record in Africa. They can help control land degradation and improve production for small scale farmers, despite the challenges of climate change. Available languages Bemba Chitonga...
    Agroforestry Systems Rainwater Harvesting Soil Fertility Pastoral Systems Conservation Agric... Sustainable Land M... Soil Health AccessAgriculture Soil Conservation Water Conservation

  10. Riparian Zone Protection - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video In Kenya, small-scale farmers stabilise river banks and reduce rainwater runoff from nearby plots by planting trees and grasses. Available languages Arabic Bemba Chitonga / Tonga English French
    Sustainable Land M... Soil Erosion Cross-Slope Barriers AccessAgriculture Water Conservation Soil Conservation