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Book (stand-alone)Guide to sixty soil and water conservation practices 1966
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No results found.This publication presents 60 soil and water conservation measures and practices, and briefly describes each one. It does not purport to be a detailed technical guide. It does, however, attempt to point out many of the conservation tools which can be used to control water and wind erosion, make better use of available rainfall and irrigation water, improve soil fertility and increase crop yields. -
DocumentSystematization of soil and water conservation practices for the adaptation to climate change. A methodology based on WOCAT for Latin America and the Caribbean Executive Summary 2014
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No results found.FAO has been working on an initiative to develop a “lighter”, more concise WOCAT methodology, appropriate for Latin America in terms of structure, content and language. The methodology enhances the original WOCAT questionnaire on technologies towards a more modern and up to date approach. This need emerged after reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of the original WOCAT methodology for documenting conservation technologies during regional expert workshops. Among the limiting factors for ap plication, the experts identified the high time requirement for using the WOCAT questionnaire. Furthermore, the database platform is only available in English and the technology questionnaire and summary do not include climate change. The principal objective of this initiative is to propose and validate a lighter methodology to document soil and water conservation practices for Latin America, including assessment of the resilience of a practice against climate change. A simplified methodology is proposed for documenting new practices across Latin America. Original publication is available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3741s/index.html -
DocumentStrategies for improved soil and water conservation practices in hillside production systems in the Andean valleys of Bolivia 2006
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No results found.Soil erosion and declining soil fertility are recognised as problems in the semi‑arid valleys of the inter‑Andean zone of South America. These have a particularly strong impact on areas of subsistence agriculture and contribute to poverty inducing processes. The mid‑Andes area in particular, which includes Cochabamba and parts of Santa Cruz, is recognised as having extreme poverty in rural areas, made worse by land degradation and low productivity. The areas between 1 500 to 4 000 m above sea level are characterised by a multitude of microclimates and low productivity associated with soil erosion and declining soil fertility. The time that land is left in natural fallow has steadily declined as more land for crop production is required. Therefore, there is an opportunity for using live barriers and leguminous cover crops to control erosion and improve soil fertility, increasing productivity and thereby reducing poverty.
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