Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming
Contour farming with banks stabilization using fodder crops (trees and grass) was introduced and validated by Africa RISING researchers in Kongwa and Kiteto district. The technology involves the construction of Fanya chini (bank-below-ditch) along a contour on the upper edge of the field as the firs...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | World Agroforestry Centre Sokoine University of Agriculture |
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| description | Contour farming with banks stabilization using fodder crops (trees and grass) was introduced and validated by Africa RISING researchers in Kongwa and Kiteto district. The technology involves the construction of Fanya chini (bank-below-ditch) along a contour on the upper edge of the field as the first line of defense to capture run-off entering the field, and Fanya juu (bank-over-ditches) is constructed along contours within the field to intercept run-off water. Food crops are grown in the alleys between the Fanya juus. Fodder trees ( e.g. Gliricidia sepium), grass fodder (e.g. Guatemala; Tripsacum spp), and/or cover crops can be planted on the banked soil to stabilize the ridges and provide multiple benefits to farmers. The benefits of this technology include the reduction of soil erosion and the loss of nutrients to rehabilitate land for crop production. In addition, it produces fodder and fuelwood from vegetation grown on the banks to diverse production and income sources as a risk mitigation and climate adaptation strategy. This dataset contains data collected to validate this technology with farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1445772025-08-26T09:18:04Z Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming World Agroforestry Centre Sokoine University of Agriculture contour cultivation contour bunding gliricidia sepium Contour farming with banks stabilization using fodder crops (trees and grass) was introduced and validated by Africa RISING researchers in Kongwa and Kiteto district. The technology involves the construction of Fanya chini (bank-below-ditch) along a contour on the upper edge of the field as the first line of defense to capture run-off entering the field, and Fanya juu (bank-over-ditches) is constructed along contours within the field to intercept run-off water. Food crops are grown in the alleys between the Fanya juus. Fodder trees ( e.g. Gliricidia sepium), grass fodder (e.g. Guatemala; Tripsacum spp), and/or cover crops can be planted on the banked soil to stabilize the ridges and provide multiple benefits to farmers. The benefits of this technology include the reduction of soil erosion and the loss of nutrients to rehabilitate land for crop production. In addition, it produces fodder and fuelwood from vegetation grown on the banks to diverse production and income sources as a risk mitigation and climate adaptation strategy. This dataset contains data collected to validate this technology with farmers. 2021 2024-06-04T09:44:17Z 2024-06-04T09:44:17Z Dataset https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144577 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148474 Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute World Agroforestry Center; Sokoine University of Agriculture. 2021. Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FJQ387. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1. |
| spellingShingle | contour cultivation contour bunding gliricidia sepium World Agroforestry Centre Sokoine University of Agriculture Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming |
| title | Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming |
| title_full | Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming |
| title_fullStr | Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming |
| title_short | Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming |
| title_sort | biophysical and socio economic benefits of contour farming |
| topic | contour cultivation contour bunding gliricidia sepium |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144577 |
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