Recursos Tagged: Terracing

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  1. Terracing Practice Increases Food Security and Mitigates Climate Change in East Africa

    Land degradation has spread to two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa due, in part to the increased pressure ofagriculture to meet the food needs of a growing population and variabilities caused by climate change. But smallholder farmers are fighting to reclaim and revitalize the land, and their...
    Fanya juu Terracing East Africa

  2. A Combination of Approaches to Conserve Soil and Water

    ECHO publications referenced in this document include ECHO Development Notes (EDN), East Africa Notes (EAN), Technical Notes (TN), and ECHO East Africa Symposium (EEAS) presentations. Technical Notes and EDN issues can be found by clicking on the “Publications” tab on ECHO’s networking site,...
    Water Ring SALT Sloping Agricultur... Terracing Contour Farming East Africa

  3. Sustainable management of tropical steeplands: an assessment of terraces as a soil and water conservation technology

    This publication is intended to summarize the diffuse literature available on use of terraces in steepland farming systems and present information on the research conducted in southern Honduras on this subject.
    Soil Conservation Soil Erosion Sustainable Agricu... Terracing Uplands