Cropping techniques in the Tropics for soilconservation and soil improvement
Agriculture ; Amélioration des terres ; Conservation des sols ; Géographie plurirégionale ; Monde ; Sol ; Technique agricole ; Tropiques
Contour cultivation, the establishment of contour ridges and contour hedges, the best suited way of tilling, are some of the great number of proven techniques which could be employed simultaneously for soilconservation and soil improvement. - (L'A.).
Agropédologie ; Andes ; Conservation des sols ; Equateur ; Erosion des sols ; Montagne ; Parcelle expérimentale ; Ruissellement ; Sol
Amount of eroded soil and type of erosion processes were measured using test plots at different scales in two indigenous Ecuadorian communities near Latacunga. Serious erosion occurs but in the A.'s view, bench terraces are not the answer. - (DWG)
From soil and water conservation to sustainable land management
Agricultural practice ; Environment ; Environmental management ; Land use ; Soil ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Sustainable development ; Water
Conservation des sols ; Développement durable ; Eau ; Environnement ; Erosion des sols ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Pratique culturale ; Sol ; Utilisation du sol
Part III of this volume II with 6 chapters : sustainable land use management - policies, strategies and economics; institutional and planning aspects of soil and water conservation; approaches to soil and water conservation and watershed development
; technologies for soil and water conservation and sustainable land management; adoption of soil and water conservation practices; land tenure and soil and water conservation.
Agropédologie ; Biomasse ; Conservation des sols ; Domaine aride ; Eau du sol ; Erosion des sols ; Erythrée ; Ethiopie ; Expérimentation ; Rendement agricole ; Ruissellement
This paper investigates the performance of selected soil and water conservation measures in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, namely Fanya Juu, soil/stone bund, grass strips and double ditches. The impact of these techniques on runoff, soil
Talajvédelmi terv talajfoldrajzi megalapozasa Noszvaj (Bükkalja) kornyékén. (A soil geographical basis for the soilconservation plan in the vicinity of Noszvaj, on the foothills of the Bükk Mountains)
Agropédologie ; Bükk ; Conservation des sols ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Géographie des sols ; Hongrie ; Sol ; Technique agricole ; Utilisation du sol
The relationships between the agrotechnical soilconservation plan and soil geography are demonstrated and a proposal for soilconservation is put forward. The study of applied soil geographical aspect is to be complemented by the agronomist
Bibliography ; Coastal erosion ; Cultivated land ; Europe ; Land use ; Legislation ; Northern Europe ; Rill wash ; Slope dynamics ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Wind erosion
Bibliographie ; Conservation des sols ; Dynamique de versant ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion littorale ; Erosion éolienne ; Europe ; Europe du Nord ; Législation ; Ruissellement ; Sol cultivé ; Utilisation du sol
The soilconservation policies of several European countries (Denmark, Germany, Iceland, The Netherlands and the UK) are reviewed, along with several Australian and North American strategies. These policies are compared and best management practices
abstracted, to recommend appropriate approaches to soilconservation in northern Europe.
Conservation des sols ; Dominicaine, république ; Erosion des sols ; Géographie rurale ; Perception ; Perception de l'environnement ; Sol
In Las Cuevas north of Azua 80 farmers were interviewed about their soils : 48% of them were aware of soil erosion, but had little interest in soilconservation. None of the farmers named more than six kinds of soil. Stoniness or soil depth were
not considered by them to be important in defining soil quality. - (DWG)
Agricultural practice ; China ; Environment ; Environmental management ; Loess ; Plateau ; Population growth ; Rill wash ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Water erosion
Chine ; Conservation des sols ; Croissance démographique ; Environnement ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion hydrique ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Loess ; Plateau ; Pratique culturale ; Ruissellement
in soilconservation, presents practical soilconservation technique and related benefit analysis, and discusses some effective methods adopted in China in soil erosion control, research directions and future perspectives on Loess Plateau.
The Loess Plateau has a long cultivation history, hence population growth, vegetation degeneration and plugging constitute the chief reason for serious soil and water loss on Loess Plateau. This paper analyses several successful cases and failures
The land we have we must hold : soil erosion and soilconservation in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century New Zealand
Colonization ; Environment ; Management ; National identity ; New Zealand ; Settlement ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Welfare
Colonisation ; Conservation des sols ; Environnement ; Erosion des sols ; Gestion ; Identité nationale ; Nouvelle-Zélande ; Peuplement ; Protection sociale
The paper offers a contrasting viewpoint by discussing developments in soilconservation in terms of some of the elemental functions of states. This perspective reveals how soilconservation emerged out of a war against nature linked to colonial
land settlement, how in the 20th century it performed both a social welfare and economic management function, and how soilconservation was interpreted in terms of national identity.
Management of soil surface characteristics for soil and water conservation : the case of a silty loam region (Pays de Caux, France)
Soil surface characteristics : dynamics and impact on soil erosion. Special issue
Agricultural practice ; Agropedology ; Erosion control ; France ; Gully erosion ; Haute-Normandie ; Loam ; Rill wash ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Temperate zone ; Water erosion ; Watershed
Agropédologie ; Bassin-versant ; Conservation des sols ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion hydrique ; France ; Haute-Normandie ; Limon ; Lutte contre l'érosion ; Pratique culturale ; Ravinement ; Ruissellement ; Zone tempérée
This paper explores, from an agronomic viewpoint, the way soil surface characteristics may be managed for soil and water conservation purposes in a silty loam soil context : Pays de Caux, France. The AA. first consider the tools used to characterize
the impact of farming practices on soil surface characteristics and, as a result, on runoff and erosion processes. They then describe how a range of agricultural techniques that may reduce runoff risk on farmland can be found.
Agropédologie ; Conservation des sols ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion éolienne ; Europe ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Politique ; Pratique culturale ; Sol
This paper examines the role of policies and farm management practices in controlling the effects of wind erosion on European light sandy soils. The study reported is part of the European European Union funded project : Wind Erosion on European
Light Soils (WEELS). The study consists of a literature research and interviews with policy makers.
Farming systems and soil-conservation practices in a study area of northern Thailand
Farming system ; Rural development ; Shifting cultivation ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Thailand
Conservation des sols ; Culture itinérante ; Développement rural ; Erosion des sols ; Système de culture ; Thaïlande
Region studied is susceptible to land degradation, which has attracted the concern of government organizations, non-government organizations, and others. However, their soil-conservation suggestions - hillside ditches, alley cropping with leguminous
A pragmatic approach to modelling soil and water conservation measures with a catchment scale erosion model
Cultivated land ; Kenya ; Kenya Mount ; Model ; Rill wash ; Simulation ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Water erosion ; Watershed
Bassin-versant ; Conservation des sols ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion hydrique ; Kenya ; Kenya mont ; Modèle ; Ruissellement ; Simulation ; Sol cultivé
The aim of this study was to use a pragmatic approach to model the effect of soil and water conservation (SWC) measures on runoff and erosion at catchment scale, using a process-based erosion model (LISEM). The study area is the Gikuuri catchment
A pilot project on the potential contribution of palm-mat geotextiles to soilconservation
England ; Experimentation ; Runoff ; Shropshire ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; United Kingdom ; Water erosion
Conservation des sols ; Ecoulement ; England ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion hydrique ; Expérimentation ; Géotextile ; Royaume-Uni ; Shropshire
In this pilot project, the AA. investigate the feasibility of employing palm-mat geotextiles as a potential soilconservation technique. Investigations were conducted at the Hilton Experimental Site, east Shropshire, UK, within the southern section
Reasons for non-adoption of soilconservation technologies and how to overcome them
Agricultural productivity ; Agricultural technique ; Agriculture ; Central America ; Farmer behaviour ; Motivation ; Soilconservation ; Sustainable development
Agriculture ; Amérique centrale ; Comportement des agriculteurs ; Conservation des sols ; Développement durable ; Motivation ; Productivité agricole ; Technique agricole
Paper focuses on reasons for the non-adoption, at least over the long run, of soilconservation technologies by local farmers. Governments are criticized for promoting expensive structures aimed at soil retention rather than at vegetative cover
Soil erosion in the Maphutseng and Ha Thabo soilconservation areas in Sediment sources, sediment residence time and sediment transfer-Case studies of soil erosion in the Lesotho lowlands.
Conservation des sols ; Erosion des sols ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Ha Thabo ; Lesotho ; Maphutseng ; Sédimentologie ; Technique de recherche
The aim of the study is to investigate the possibility to use top soil median grain sizes as an indicator of erosion status and to study the importance of land use factors for soil loss from a small subcatchment.
Conservation tillage for rational water management and soilconservation
Agricultural practice ; Agriculture ; Agropedology ; Erosion control ; Soilconservation ; Soil water ; Water management
Agriculture ; Agropédologie ; Conservation des sols ; Eau du sol ; Gestion de l'eau ; Lutte contre l'érosion ; Pratique culturale
Conservation agriculture is a very successful method for keeping rainwater in the soil and for decreasing the sediment and nutrient load of surface waters. The authors concluded that by applying non-inversion, shallow tillage runoff can be reduced
to a mere one third and soil loss to the thirtieth-fortieth of the values measured under conventional tillage, depending on weather conditions of the given year. Experiments show that conservation agriculture provides for profitable production
The role of conservation agriculture in landscape protection
Agricultural practice ; Agriculture ; Biodiversity ; Environmental conservation ; Erosion control ; Hungary ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties ; Sustainable development
Agriculture ; Biodiversité ; Conservation des sols ; Développement durable ; Erosion des sols ; Hongrie ; Lutte contre l'érosion ; Pratique culturale ; Propriétés du sol ; Protection de l'environnement
The aim of the paper is to present the positive role of conservation agriculture in landscape protection on the example of the results of the SOWAP (Soil and Surface Water Protection) project, supported by EU Life and Syngenta. Within the framework
of the project tillage plots were established at two locations in Hungary, near Lake Balaton on Luvisol and Cambisol soils. The experimental program included soil erosion, biodiversity, soil microbiology measurements and agronomic traits. The results of the SOWAP
project give a reliable evidence that conservation agriculture is sustainable and it is an adequate tool for landscape protection. - (AM)