Nigerian Pidgin (pcm) | Change Language (Change Language)

Resources Tagged: Zai Pit

9 items found (Showing 1 - 9)

  1. Dryland Techniques and Mulches

    1996-10-19 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

  2. Niger: Managing rainfall with tassa

    Farmers in semi-arid West Africa understand the value of water, how it limits crop production and how essential it is to survival. They must contend with unreliable rainfall, short, unpredictable rainy seasons, and increasingly frequent natural hazards. Moreover, climate change may exacerbate all...
    Tassa Zai Zai Pit West Africa

  3. Planting Stations / Zai / Tassa

    “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...
    Planting Basin Zai Tassa Planting Pits Zai Pit

  4. Zaï 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...
    Zai Tassa Sustainable Land M... Rainwater Harvesting Cross-Slope Barriers AccessAgriculture Soil Health Soil Fertility Zai Pit

  5. Zai Pit System

    Key Resource
    2013-01-01 “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

  6. South Africa Research Update

    2013-10-20 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

  7. Concentrating Manure near Crop Plants Boosts Soil Fertility

    2013-04-20 An important principle of conservationagriculture is that of targeted, precision applications of organic or inorganic fertilizer near crop plants, as opposed to evenly dispersing inputs over an entire field. In a row-crop setting, this can be done by banding fertilizer next to the crop plants. In...
    Zai Manure Soil Nutrients Zai Pit FFF Soil Fertility

  8. Planting Pits - Sourcebook of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augumentation in Africa

    TheZayis made on land which is not very permeable so that runoff can be collected.Zaiare holes dug approximately 80 cm apart to a depth of 5 to 15 cm, with a diameter of between 15 and 50 cm (Figure 1).Zaiimprove infiltration of the captured runoff. The holes are deepened each winter....
    Zai Pit Planting Basin Tassa

  9. Runoff Farming

    "Runoff farming" is identical with "Water Harvesting but for Irrigation Purposes". When the harvested runoff water from un-cropped areas is directed to a cropped area, this technique is called runoff farming. Soil profile acts as a water storage container, but storage in ponds or cisterns is also...
    Runoff Farming Rainwater Harvesting Catchment Tassa Zai Pit