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Pictograms SWC technology continued<br />

SWC measures<br />

Agronomic measures: measures that improve soil cover (eg<br />

green cover, mulch); measures that enhance organic matter/<br />

soil fertility (eg manuring); soil surface treatment (eg conservation<br />

tillage); subsurface treatment (eg deep ripping)<br />

Vegetative measures: plantation/reseeding of tree<br />

and shrub species (eg live fences; tree rows), grasses and<br />

perennial herbaceous plants (eg grass strips)<br />

Structural measures: terraces (bench, <strong>for</strong>ward/ backward<br />

sloping); bunds, banks (level, graded); dams, pans; ditches<br />

(level, graded); walls, barriers, palisades<br />

Management measures: change of land use type (eg area<br />

enclosure); change of management/intensity level:<br />

(eg from grazing to cut-and-carry); major change in timing<br />

of activities; control/ change of species composition<br />

Annex DESIRE – WOCAT 2012<br />

Pictograms SWC approach<br />

Targed groups<br />

<strong>Land</strong> users<br />

SWC specialists/extensionists<br />

Planners<br />

Teachers/students<br />

Politicians/decision makers<br />

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