Small bench terrace
Type: Approaches
Creation: 2009-01-12 00:00 Updated: 2017-07-06 08:28
Compilers: Philippe Zahner
Reviewers: Fabian Ottiger
Country/ region/ locations where the Approach has been applied
- Country: Thailand
- Region/ State/ Province: Chiang Rai
- Map: View Map
Description of the SLM Approach
Short description of the Approach
This approach is 'the way' or 'how' the small bench terrace has been implemented on sloping land in northern Thailand.
Detailed description of the Approach
Aims / objectives: The small bench terrace is a kind of soil conservation measure constructed on sloping land. The main feature is that flat beds are constructed out of the land which is not level primarily to facilitate working in the field, but with benefit of conserving soil at the same time. Normally farmers will implement by themselves with their own fund. In few cases there can be some initiation from some organizations and some help will be provided. This approach has been imported from Taiwan from where some tea bushes were brought to grow in Chiang Rai Province.
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