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Furrow-enhanced runoff harvesting for olives in Syria

Year of publication 2012

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Runoff collection has been used to plant olive orchards in north-west Syria in areas which are considered too dry for olives. In one trial, trees were planted 8 m apart, within and between rows. Around individual trees ‘fish-bone’ shaped furrows were dug to harvest runoff water. The furrows were constructed manually with a hoe and reinforced with stones. They divert rainwater runoff to the micro-catchments, where it concentrates in basins around the trees. Each tree is served by a catchment area of 60 m2. The furrows are re-made every year.

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