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Class sification<br />

<strong>Land</strong> d use problems:<br />

increassing<br />

production n costs when the technique is not applied d, high soil eroosion<br />

rates an nd a decrease in<br />

groundwater<br />

rechargge<br />

<strong>Land</strong> use<br />

tree and d shrub<br />

cropping g<br />

Stage e of interventioon<br />

Main causes of land<br />

degradationn:<br />

Direct t causes - human<br />

induced: sooil<br />

managemen nt<br />

Main technical funcctions:<br />

- cont trol of disperseed<br />

runoff: retainn<br />

/ trap<br />

Envir ronment<br />

Natural<br />

Environmennt<br />

Avera age annual rainfall<br />

(mm)<br />

Altiitude<br />

(m a.s.l.) )<br />

Soil depth d (cm)<br />

0-20<br />

20-50<br />

50-80<br />

80-120<br />

>120<br />

aagro<strong>for</strong>estry<br />

Prevention<br />

Mitigation / RReduction<br />

Rehabilitatioon<br />

> 4000<br />

3000-4000<br />

2000-3000<br />

1500-2000<br />

1000-1500<br />

750-1000<br />

500-750<br />

250-500<br />

< 250<br />

Climate<br />

semi-arid,<br />

temperate<br />

Origin<br />

Deegradation<br />

soill<br />

erosion by<br />

watter:<br />

losss<br />

of topsoil /<br />

surrface<br />

erosion<br />

<strong>Land</strong> L user's inittiative:<br />

10-50 ye ears ago<br />

Experiments E<br />

/ rresearch:<br />

< 10 years ago<br />

Externally E introdduced<br />

> 40000<br />

3000-40000<br />

2500-30000<br />

2000-25500<br />

1500-20000<br />

1000-15500<br />

500-10000<br />

100-5500<br />

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