Conservation farming on steep lands - USAid
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Peruvian crop yields. 2541<br />
pineapple plot terracing and, 234<br />
rooting envir<strong>on</strong>ment and. 12<br />
terraces and, 151-152. 184. 200<br />
tolerable soil loss and. 47<br />
tropical areas. 18<br />
worldwide erosi<strong>on</strong> losses and. 50<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> projects in. 171<br />
stccp <strong>lands</strong> workshop, 275<br />
terracing systems in. 121<br />
Rabbits. 228<br />
Radto, 85. 2.61<br />
Rail;f?ll<br />
in Australia, 228<br />
Capc Vcrde Is<strong>lands</strong>. 271-272<br />
directi<strong>on</strong>al rainstorms and. 48<br />
D<strong>on</strong>lincrtn Republic. 1891.. 269<br />
erosivity (R factor). 81-82<br />
Ethiopian high<strong>lands</strong>, 36<br />
extreme weather events. 185<br />
high altitudes and. 34<br />
in Jamaica. 207<br />
in Malawi, 216<br />
terrace augmentati<strong>on</strong> of, 127<br />
tropical areas, 18<br />
Reclamati<strong>on</strong>, vs. c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>. II<br />
Research<br />
<strong>steep</strong> <strong>lands</strong> erosi<strong>on</strong>, 45-53<br />
USLE and. 68<br />
Reticulati<strong>on</strong> system, 152<br />
Rhodes grass, 218<br />
Rice. 98, 133. 256<br />
Ridging. 120, 133. 220<br />
Rills, drainage ditches a7<br />
Road systems<br />
Ethiopian project and. 58<br />
planning of, 252<br />
tea gardens and. 15-16<br />
terraces and, 239-240. 248<br />
Thailand projects and, 80<br />
Venezuelan project and, 179<br />
Romania, 73<br />
Rooting<br />
moisture stress. 16<br />
rooting depth. 49<br />
water erosi<strong>on</strong> and, 12<br />
Runoff, 166<br />
communal grazing and, 15<br />
Dominican Republic projcct, 269-270<br />
farm machinery and. 16<br />
fanya juc systems and. 41f<br />
field data <strong>on</strong>, 47<br />
gnss strips and, 123<br />
island volcanic soils and. 271-27:!<br />
Ivory Coast slopes, 130<br />
Jamn datri, 2571<br />
maize yields and. 65<br />
measurement of. 118, 124-126<br />
mechxrlcai nethods and. 124-125<br />
microbasins and. 32f<br />
model for. 119f<br />
plncapple plots, 234<br />
Sahel z<strong>on</strong>e, 133-136<br />
st<strong>on</strong>e walls and. 56<br />
surface cover and, 130<br />
tea gardens and, 15-16<br />
terrace systems arid, 4lf. 120-124.<br />
15.1-147<br />
water disposal. 117-128<br />
Wischmeier plots for. 272<br />
See UISO Drainage; Watershed<br />
management<br />
Rural development programs. 129<br />
Rwanda, 130-132. 147<br />
Saczardy equati<strong>on</strong>, 136<br />
Sahel regi<strong>on</strong>, 7, 36, 133-136<br />
SALT. See Sloping Agricultural Land<br />
Technologies<br />
Santiago Island. 271-372<br />
Satellite imagery, 6<br />
Saudi Arabia, 72<br />
SCS. See Sail C<strong>on</strong>sevati<strong>on</strong> Service.<br />
USDA<br />
Sedimentati<strong>on</strong><br />
Algerian reservoirs. 136<br />
delivery ntios and. 47<br />
Ind<strong>on</strong>esian irrigati<strong>on</strong> and. 93<br />
in Javan rivers, 2551<br />
in Malawi, 216<br />
Peruvian streams and. 66<br />
in South Korean rivers. 151<br />
Seeding, c<strong>on</strong>tour planting. 168-169<br />
Semiarid regi<strong>on</strong>s. See Arid regi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Shear strength, 48<br />
Siltati<strong>on</strong>. See Sedimentati<strong>on</strong><br />
Slash-and-bum systems. 77. 80. 269<br />
Slope gradient<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trolled-erosi<strong>on</strong> methods and. 181<br />
percent of land area. 45<br />
protected waterways and, 212<br />
runoff and, 12. 1311<br />
soil tax<strong>on</strong>omy and. 174