leveled mountain terraces
Type: Approaches
Creation: 2013-09-18 00:00 Updated: 2017-06-26 08:38
Compilers: ahmed algalal
Reviewers: Fabian Ottiger
Country/ region/ locations where the Approach has been applied
- Country: Yemen
- Region/ State/ Province: Hajah Governorate
- Further specification of location (e.g. municipality, town, etc.), if relevant: Kahlan Afar
- Map: View Map
Description of the SLM Approach
Short description of the Approach
organized collective action at a high pace for building agricultural terraces to improve livelihoods in resource-scarce regions in the ground
Detailed description of the Approach
Aims / objectives: A lot of agricultural land in mountain plains are mountain terraces were established in Yemen a long time ago and which constitute a method agriculturally traditionally unique since 2000 BC where it was built in steep slope places more than 60%, which works to change the shape of the slope (angle and length of the slope), which in turn leads to reduced Speed runoff, which helps to harvest water and protect the land from erosion.
The main objective of the establishment of the stands is to create a suitable environment for the growth of crops for the purpose of self-sufficiency due to a limited of arable land where invoked farmers veterans to create these terraces on the hillsides steep in order to increase the agricultural area and benefit from the runoff water to meet the crop water requirements and thereby increase productivity , in addition to the tower the terraces is working to change the shape of the slope and mitigate the damage resulting from the runoff, on the one hand.
Other works on the terraces to give a special character of beauty and greenery on the slopes and planted joy and hope in the hearts of the people and enhance their adherence to this tradition as long as shares in the stability and meet the needs of the population.
Terraces were built by the community in which concerted action all classes for the construction of terraced disease extraction of soil and collect stones and the end of the settlement of the soil and planting
Photos of the Approach
- 📍 Kahlan Afar, Hajah Governorate
- 📍 Kahlan Afar, Hajah Governorate