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Planting and maintenance of shelter or protection belts is another important method of soil and water management. Shelter belts are composed of ground vegetation cover, for example trees and bushes, that provide shelter to crops from very hot sun and desiccating dry winds. They also provide a pathway for run-off of excess water during heavy (monsoon) rains that is protected from erosion by the vegetation. Thus they help to control runoff, conserve soil, improve water percolation into the soil, conserve moisture, and provide sediment-free water downstream.
Lining waterways is one way of reducing soil losses through seepage and preventing erosion of the waterway bed. Stone or ...
Different Approaches in the Different Physiographic Zones The site has an elevation range from 1,540 to 1,800 masl and ...
Developing realistic opportunities for income generation is one of the most challenging tasks of development in mountain areas ...
A trombe wall keeps rooms warm in winter and cool in summer! We demonstrate a simple trombe wall in the ...
We're excited to have added this new technology to the park! A tipping bucket rain gauge is the most common type ...
At the time that ICIMOD established the Godavari site, the land had been reduced to almost completely degraded ...
Polythene film technology (PFT) Polythene (plastic) film technology (PFT) is a method for increasing production of field crops by ...
Sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), otherwise known as contour hedgerow intercropping (agroforestry) technology (CHIAT), is a system in which dense ...
