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11 Dec 2019 | Water management

Contour Hedgerows of Nitrogen-fixing Plants and Shelter/Protection Belts to Reduce Runoff and Soil Loss

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Photo: Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD.

These methods are both soil management and water management methods. They are described there.

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