There are 4,125 projects that match your search.
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Panama
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Land Degradation
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2009
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27,957.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: PAN/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/11 |
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El proyecto busca implementar en la comunidad de Platanilla, Río Congo Arriba, Darién alternativas productivas ganaderas y porcícolas sostenibles que contribuyan con la restauración de suelos y descontaminación de las aguas; además del ( ... )
ecimiento de la Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios de Platanilla, mediante la construcción de la sede comunal que sirva como sitio de capacitación de las asociaciones y productores del corregimiento de Río Congo Arriba.
Concretamente se pretende: (i) Adquirir como comunidad organizada los conocimientos y capacidades para generar propuestas que mediante la autogestión mejoren la
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Uruguay
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Land Degradation
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2009
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23,600.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: URY/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/14 |
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El proyecto apunta a involucrar a la Sociedad Fomento Rural de Pan de Azúcar y a sus productores en la problemática de la conservación del campo natural y en las diferentes alternativas técnicas para su uso sostenible y la conservación de todas ( ... )
ecies. Los objetivos específicos son: 1) Desarrollar un sistema de pastoreo racional ? conservacionista en un predio demostrativo. 2) Generar una experiencia participativa de colecta y resiembra de especies nativas de gran valor pastoril y con problemas de conservación en la zona. 3) Profundizar el conocimiento de los productores sobre los pastizales, sus principales medidas de manejo para
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Uruguay
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Land Degradation
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2009
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19,194.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: URY/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/13 |
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A pesar de que Uruguay cuenta con características óptimas para el desarrollo de una ganadería pastoril basada en el uso sustentable de sus recursos naturales, específicamente en lo que se refiere a las prácticas que hacen a un manejo racional ( ... )
pastura, éstas no han sido promovidas con suficiente determinación desde los organismos nacionales hasta el momento. La Sociedad Rural Cándido Cal se plantea en forma participativa una propuesta de manejo de la pastura natural para predios familiares, integrando su experiencia de modo que esta temática le permita vincularse con otras organizaciones de productores de características
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Nepal
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Land Degradation
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2009
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46,998.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NEP/SGP/OP4/ 03/CORE/09/01 |
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Nepal is enriched with diversified agro climatic condition. This rewards Nepal for producing different commodities in different locales by availing the agro-climatic advantage. We have endowed with comparative and competitive advantage in certain ( ... )
ities production and trading in the world too. Among them organic coffee & spices is the very much prominent one sub-sector in Nepal. Its importance are recently started to realize in a commercial and economic horizon.
The selected area will be the Mareng and Kimdanda VDCs of Arghakhanchi district. The major portion of the Mareng VDC is north-east facing and that of Kimdanda VDC is east-south
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2009
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19,500.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: JOR/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/02 |
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Aiming at increasing the family income for the local community and rural women, the cooperative provides a new source of income of utilizing the organic farming principle to plant herbal and medical plants. This will promote sustainable land ( ... )
ment practices and enhance the products? packaging and quality, which will increase their marketability that will be introduced by new marketing channels through (fair trade).
This project will specifically aim at enhancing the production quality and quantity of the herb factory,
enhancing the shape and packaging of the final product, improving marketing of medicinal plant products, increase
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Argentina
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Land Degradation
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2009
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18,332.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ARG/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2008/01 |
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El proyecto tiene como objetivo prevenir la degradación de la tierra mediante obras de conducción y traslado de agua y la forestación con especies nativas. Para ello se prevé la implementación de 4 km de sistema de riego, la implantación de ( ... )
as forestales con especies nativas en toda la extensión y la implementación de sistemas de riego que evite la erosión de suelos en las laderas de cultivos.
Beneficiará a 25 familias de la Comunidad Aborigen de El Perchel. La comunidad esta integrada por familias originarias del lugar, se caracterizan por ser pequeños productores hortícolas con diversificación de la actividad ganadera.
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Sri lanka
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Land Degradation
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2009
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22,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: SRL/SGP/OP4Year2/CORE/08/01 |
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Minimizing land degradation in Maduhel mountain range in Kumbukkana,Monaragala for the activities - measures to minimize forest fires, introduce organic agriculture and soil conservation practices to the community. |
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Ethiopia
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2009
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15,236.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ETH/RNE/Y3/09/06 |
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The project aims to contribute to the conservation program of the endemic and endangered species, the Swayne?s Hartebeest and their habitat, as well as to improve the livelihood of the community around the Sanctuary by increasing community ( ... )
ess, and skills for their contribution to wildlife Conservation and environmental management; promoting modern environmental friendly income generating technologies; promoting modern energy saving technologies to prevent indoor air pollution and reduce environmental degradation; reducing the human impacts on the Senkele Sanctuary, by providing alternative sources of income to the
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Ethiopia
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2009
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12,025.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ETH/RNE/Y3/09/07 |
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The project aims to contribute to the conservation program of the endemic and endangered species, the Swayne?s Hartebeest and their habitat, as well as to improve the livelihood of the community around the Sanctuary by increasing community ( ... )
ess, and skills for their contribution to wildlife Conservation and environmental management; promoting modern environmental friendly income generating technologies; promoting modern energy saving technologies to prevent indoor air pollution and reduce environmental degradation; reducing the human impacts on the Senkele Sanctuary, by providing alternative sources of income to the
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Panama
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Land Degradation
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2009
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20,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: PAN/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/03 |
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Panamá tiene 25 % de su territorio con vocación agropecuaria y ocupa 37% del mismo en estas actividades lo que demuestra un uso no apropiado de la vocación de estos suelos. Si añadimos que las prácticas culturales de producción empleadas son ( ... )
veces degradantes de los suelos y poco eficiente con el reciclaje de nutrientes y balance de los recursos agua, suelo y vegetación. Esto socava la base de los procesos productivos que son los recursos naturales del suelo y la vegetación a su vez que contamina las fuentes de agua, empobreciéndolos hasta tal punto que los sistemas productivos colapsan. Todo esto obliga constantemente a
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2009
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38,490.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: KEN/COMPACT/OP4/YR2/CORE/08/03 |
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The project will help to rehabilitate quarry areas that experience extensive erosion during the rainy season by planting trees, especially in riparian areas. The project will also create new tree nurseries and expand existing tree nurseries as a ( ... )
for seedlings in the project areas. In order to meet the demand for firewood and wood for construction purposes, woodlots will also be established to reduce the dependence of local communities on the Mt. Kenya forest.
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
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2009
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34,400.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/03 |
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In an effort to prevent land degradation in areas where FISD is implementing irrigation development projects,this project is aimed at stimulating community action towards natural resources management. The project, which is primarily developed to ( ... )
ate the environmental problems affecting agriculture in Chiwamba EPA in Lilongwe district, introduces and supports establishment of tree nurseries, afforestation of catchment areas of water sources, river bank protection, prevention mechanisms of forest fires, promotion of organic manures and use of fuel efficient stoves in 6 Group Village Head Areas which shall be worked on to serve as models to
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Albania
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2009
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6,700.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/07 |
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The main problem of shepherds in dry summer months in this area is the lack of water and the stress that the animals incur due to the long distance needed to be covered to reach drinking water. Due to these constraints flocks of animals reside and ( ... )
e near these drinking points exerting a very high grazing pressure on the habitat. So far drinking water holes (?Lera? in Albanian) were constructed with concrete that was not reinforced with steel and for a series of reasons have cracked and loose water. The cost of construction materials and transportation cost due to their remoteness put the price of new structures in the area of 10 ? 15
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Lesotho
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Land Degradation
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2009
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17,841.12
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/16 |
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The Association is a legally established entity. It was established in 2006, on the premise that it would focus its efforts on range management afforestation, land rehabilitation, improvement of fodder production, production of treated poles and ( ... )
eping. Members of the association are exclusively herders (men and boys), who are committed to enhance the environment and natural resources in their village while also getting livelihood support benefits. Currently the Association has a membership of 30, and its activities are coordinated by a 7 member committee. Achievements so far include: tree planting both fruit (peach) and fuel; and
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Lesotho
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Land Degradation
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2009
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12,082.69
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/14 |
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Establishment of Utloang Balisana Association in 2004 was as a result of a training organized for herders by the Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation in 2004. It was during this training that a nearby Herders Association was visited to expose ( ... )
s to what organized groups can achieve in terms of sustainable land management. The herders were motivated by the enthusiasm and passion with which host members carried out their land rehabilitation. The Association started off with only twelve members but now it has a membership of 21. It has strong support from the Ministries of Forestry and Land Reclamation through the District Coordination
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Nepal
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Land Degradation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NEP/SGP/OP4/CORE/Y2/09/20 |
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"Organic agriculture is a holistic production management system which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to ( ... )
of off-farm inputs. This is accomplished by using, where possible, agronomic, biological, and mechanical methods, as opposed to using synthetic materials, to fulfill any specific function within the system." - Definition proposed for adoption by FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Low input organic farming produced equivalent yields, with low CO2 emission, uses about 50% less energy than
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2009
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31,420.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: KAZ/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/02 |
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The national policy in land management, legislative and institutional frameworks, absence of economic stimulus, insufficient level of knowledge and low potential of land users-all these factors, as well as weak monitoring and researches level, are ( ... )
sic reasons of land degradation in Kazakhstan. Katon-Karagay area, as other rural areas, faces growth of livestock of private farmers. For cattle breeding pastures reounf the settlements are intensively used, and thus, degradation of these territories grows every year.
The majority of the remote pastures are practically not used, as most part of the farmers doesn?t have possibility for
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2009
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23,923.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: KAZ/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/03 |
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Shardara district is located in the southern part of Kazakhstan, bordering Uzbekistan, border with the Kyzyl-Kum desert. The population of 65000 people, the total area of pastures - 60,000 ha. Today the intensive grazing on nearby pastures, grazing ( ... )
of up to 7 km. The cattle are grazing relief for the whole year on the same sites. All this led to the fact that the yield of pastures fell from 4 t / ha to 1,5 - 2,0 t / ha of forage and availability of livestock grazing forage is only in the spring. Due to lack of fodder, high cost of hay and to provide necessary food animals smallholders livestock begin to graze cattle on pastures around auls
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Nepal
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Land Degradation
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2009
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1,800.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NEP/SGP/OP4/CORE/Y2/09/19 |
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Land, water and vegetation are very closely integrated and interwoven in delicate, fragile, and dynamic mountain ecosystem such as the Mahabharat region. Geographical watersheds are well-defined natural units in which flow of water provides linkage ( ... )
n interdependent physical, biological, and human process and form a basic ecological unit. It is now being increasingly realized that watershed is an appropriate planning and management unit for socio-economic development.
Upstream and down stream areas are linked through a hydrological cycle. Only the conservation of up stream can ensure the riverbank protection activities downstream,
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Nepal
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Land Degradation
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2009
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7,247.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NEP/SGP/OP4/CORE/Y2/09/03 |
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In the hills of Baglung, maize is the main staple crop grown on rainfed bari land. The main cropping patterns are maize relayed by millet, maize-fallow or maize sequential with mustard. In some limited areas maize and beans are also mixed cropped. ( ... )
s have been adopting cereals based cropping pattern (Maize-Millet-fallow) with minimum application of FYM and depend on residual soil nutrients that is available in the soil. At high altitude maize is also relayed with peas and soybean. In a typical slopping land, where maize is planted, soil loss is also high.
Therefore, there is a potential scope to increase the
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