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conservation technologies

In 1992 a world wide programme known as the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) was launched by the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC) with the aim of systematically collecting and sharing information, between countries, about different soil and water conservation technologies and approaches. The WOCAT programme has to date worked with a number of collaborating institutions, at the national and international levels, to gather data from a large part of Africa and in some countries in Asia notably Thailand, China (Fujian Province) and the Philippines.

In May 1998 WOCAT produced its first major output in the form of a CD-ROM, released as FAO Land and Water Digital Media series No. 3. This CD-ROM contains not only the WOCAT database software, but also the available results from the collaborative documentation exercises conducted over the last few years. To date some 113 technologies and 75 approaches have been documented, by being entered into the WOCAT database.

Information on the availability of the CD-ROM, and the individual technologies and approaches contained in the WOCAT database, can be obtained from:

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In addition to the WOCAT database a number of soil and water conservation/integrated soil management technologies and approaches are documented in a growing range of publications produced by international, regional, national and local agencies. The following are just some of those that are available:

International/Global Coverage

FAO 1984. Tillage systems for soil and water conservation. Soils Bulletin 54.

FAO 1985. Watershed Management Field Manual - Vegetative and Soil Treatment Measures. FAO Conservation Guide No. 13/1

FAO 1986. Watershed Management Field Manual - Gully Control. FAO Conservation Guide No. 13/2

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FAO 1987. Soil and Water Conservation in Semi-arid Areas. Soils Bulletin No. 57

FAO 1988. Watershed Management Field Manual - Slope Treatment Measures and Practices. FAO Conservation Guide No. 13/3

FAO 1988. Watershed Management Field Manual - Landslide Prevention Measures. FAO Conservation Guide No. 13/4

FAO 1989. Soil Conservation for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics. Soils Bulletin No. 60 FAO 1991. Water Harvesting - a Manual for the Design and Construction of Water

Harvesting Schemes for Plant Production. AGL/MISC/17/91

FAO 1995. Tillage Systems in the Tropics - management options and sustainability

implications. Soils Bulletin No. 71. FAO Rome

FAO 1995. Sustainable Dryland Farming in Relation to Soil Productivity. Soils Bulletin No. 72 FAO Rome

FAO 1996. Land Husbandry Components and Strategy. Soils Bulletin No. 70 FAO Rome FAO 1999. Integrated soil management for sustainable agriculture and food security. AG”/

MISC/23/99 FAO Rome

Herweg K. 1996. Field Manual for Assessment of Current Erosion Damage. Soil Conservation Research Programme Ethiopia and Centre for Development and Environment, Institute of Geography, University of Berne, Quartiergasse 12, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland.

Ingram J. 1990. The Role of Trees in Maintaining and Improving Soil Productivity - A

Review of the Literature. Series No. CSC(90)AGR-15 Technical Paper 279 Commonwealth

Science Council London.

Vukasin H.L. [ed.] 1988. Guidelines for Planning Environmentally Small-scale Agricultural

Projects. Arlington CODEL/VITA

Wijewardene R & Waidyanatha P. 1984. Systems, Techniques & Tools - Conservation Farming

for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics. Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House

London.

World Neighbours 1985. Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Practices. Oklahoma City USA.

World Neighbours 1988. Integrated Farm Management. Oklahoma City USA.

Young A. 1989. Agroforestry for Soil Conservation. Science and Practice of Agroforestry No 4. ICRAF Nairobi Kenya/CAB International Wallingford UK.

Asia Regional Coverage

APAN 1996. Asia-Pacific Agroforestry Profiles: Second Edition. Asia-Pacific Agroforestry Network Field Doc. No. 4/RAP Publication 1996/20. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok.

FAO & IIRR 1995. Resource Management for Upland Areas in Southeast Asia - An

Information Kit. FARM Field Document 2. FAO RAP Bangkok Thailand, IIRR Cavite the

Hafeez S. 1998. Appropriate Farm Technologies for Cold and Dry Zones of the Hindu

Kush-Himalayas. ICIMOD, Kathmandu Nepal

Partap T & Watson H.R. 1994. Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT) a Regenerative

Option for sustainable Mountain Farming. ICIMOD Occasional Paper No. 23. Kathmandu

Nepal

Africa Regional Coverage

Chinene V.R.N, Shaxson T.F., Molumeli P.R., Segerros M. and Douglas M.G. 1996. Guidelines

to Better Land Husbandry in the Southern African Region. Environment and Land

Management Sector SADC Maseru Lesotho

Critchley W. 1991. Looking After Our Land New Approaches to Soil & Water Conservation

in Dryland Africa. IIED/OXFAM Oxford.

Hai M.T. 1998. Water Harvesting: An Illustrative Manual for Development of Micro-

catchment Techniques for Crop Production in Dry Areas. Regional Land Management Unit

RELMA/SIDA Nairobi Kenya.

Rocheleau D., Weber F. & Field-Juma A. 1988. Agroforestry in Dryland Africa. ICRAF Nairobi Kenya.

Caribbean Regional Coverage

Gumbs F.A. 1987. Soil and Water Conservation Methods for the Caribbean. Department of Agricultural Extension, University of West Indies, Trinidad

Country Specific Examples

1. China

MWR. 1989. Terraces in China Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

2. Ethiopia

CFSCD 1986. Guidelines for Development Agents on Soil Conservation in Ethiopia. Community Forests and Soil Conservation Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

3. India

Kerr J & Sanghi N,K. 1992. Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in India’s Semi-Arid

Tropics. Gatekeeper Series No. 34 Sustainable Agriculture Programme International Institute

for Environment and Development (IIED) London. 4. Kenya

Thomas D. 1997 Soil and Water Conservation Manual for Kenya. published by the Soil and Water Conservation Branch, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Marketing, Nairobi.

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5. Malawi

Shaxson T.F., Hunter N.D., Jackson T.R., & Alder J.R. 1977. A Land Husbandry Manual. Government Printer Zomba Malawi.

6. South Africa

Philip D et al. 1995. People’s Farming Workbook. Environmental & Development Agency Trust, Capetown & Jo’burg ISBN 0 86486 112 5.

7. Philippines

Agroforestry Technology Information Kit. DENR, IRRI and the Ford Foundation.

Agroforestry Species for the Philippines. US Peace Corps, Technology Support Center, 2139

Fidal A. Reyes St. Malate, Manila 1004.

Ipil-Ipil Hedgerows For Soil Erosion Control in Hillylands. Celestino A.F. 1985. FSSRI

College of Agriculture UPLB Laguna.

Resource Book - On Sustainable Agriculture for the Uplands. IRRI, Mindanao Baptist

Rural Life Centre, Mag-uugmad Foundation, World Neighbours.

Sloping Agricultural Lands Technology. PCARRD Technology Series.

Soil Erosion Control Measures for the Uplands. Philippines Uplands Resources Center, de la

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