Environmental policy and administrative management

The project seeks to reclaim selected eroded, abandoned farmlands in Amauzari Community with the aim of bringing them back into cultivated farm lands. There are Eroded Farmlands in Amauzari Community which have lost large quantities of topsoil and subsoil each year due to gully erosion and surface runoff, causing gull formation or the enlarging of existing gullies, which is usually caused by no or improper outlet design for local surface and subsurface drainage systems leading serious sheet and gully erosion in this farm lands. Project activities includes; Demonstration of land reclamation techniques, Practical training programmes for selected farmers, Hand on Projects- Planting of drought tolerant tree species and carrying out other techniques such Mulching, cover cropping, contour tillage, terracing and cut off drainage activities, Forum-group-discussions, Advocacy/ Stake-holders meetings and enlightenment campaigns. The farmers, Youth and women are involved.

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