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2.1 SLM case studies<br />

Case studies – titles and short descriptions<br />

Cropping management<br />

Chile Spain Spain Greece Chile<br />

Turkey Spain Morocco<br />

Water management<br />

Spain Tunisia Tunisia<br />

SLM Technology<br />

No tillage preceded by subsoiling<br />

No tillage preceded by subsoiling consists in the use of a subsoiler at a 50 cm depth<br />

every 5 years be<strong>for</strong>e per<strong>for</strong>ming no tillage agriculture.<br />

Olive groves under no tillage operations<br />

Olive groves under no tillage and no herbicide application.<br />

Reduced contour tillage of cereals in semi-arid environments<br />

Reduced contour tillage in a rotational system of winter cereals and fallow land.<br />

p 85<br />

Reduced tillage of almonds and olives<br />

Reduced tillage of almonds and olives to improve physical and chemical soil properties<br />

and reduce runoff and soil erosion.<br />

p 89<br />

Crop rotation with legumes<br />

Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of legumes as a source of N in crop rotations with<br />

cereals in Mediterranean Chile.<br />

Crop rotation: cereals / fodder legumes (lupin)<br />

Crops rotation: cereals / fodder legumes (lupin), with a biennial crop rotation.<br />

p 97<br />

Ecological production of almonds and olives using green manure<br />

Ecological production of almonds and olives under dryland conditions using green<br />

manure to increase soil fertility, to protect against soil erosion and to obtain a<br />

high-value product.<br />

p 101<br />

Fodder crop production<br />

Production of fodder crops every year both <strong>for</strong> feeding livestock and increasing soil<br />

fertility.<br />

Jessour<br />

Jessour is an ancient runoff water harvesting technique widely practised in the arid<br />

highlands.<br />

Tabia<br />

The tabia earthen dyke is a water harvesting technique used in the foothill and<br />

piedmont areas.<br />

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DESIRE – WOCAT <strong>Desire</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Greener</strong> <strong>Land</strong><br />

p 77<br />

p 81<br />

p 93<br />

p 105<br />

p 109<br />

p 113<br />

Water harvesting from concentrated runoff <strong>for</strong> irrigation purposes<br />

Water harvesting from intermittent streams to nearby fields and terraces during runoff<br />

events.<br />

p 117

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