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Desho and Elephant Grass Strips for Soil Erosion Control in Sankura District, South Central EthiopiaBy Bagegnehu Bekele Mengistu, Yenealem Gemi, Temesgen Habtemariam
Abstract: The decline of soil fertility mainly through soil erosion constrained the agricultural productivity in south-central Ethiopia. The present study has been initiated to answer the question of which grass strips control the soil and nutrient losses when integrated with wheat. Based on the severity of soil erosion,three treatments namely Desho, Elephant, and control were compared for consecutive two years. The result implies that Desho grass controls soil loss by 6.5% …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–11 Read article →
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Exploring the Practice of Bench Terraces and its Sustainability in Silte and Gurage Zones SNNPR, EthiopiaBy Bagegnehu Bekele Mengistu, Temesgen Habtemariam, Dagnaw Ademe, Yenealem Gemi
Abstract: Background and Objective: The increment of population number is creating pressure on land for crop and fodder production in Ethiopian. Practicing bench terraces could resolve the shortage of cultivable land and mitigate the problem of soil erosion. However, the multiple benefits of bench terraces; its practices and sustainability are not well studied in different parts of southern Ethiopia. Therefore, the current study has been initiated to explore the bench terraces …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 37–38 Read article →