Irrigated agro-biodiversity system in arid high mountain area
Type: Technologies
Creation: 2011-01-25 12:46 Updated: 2019-08-04 17:31
Compilers: Gulniso Nekushoeva
Reviewers: David Streiff, Alexandra Gavilano
Country/ region/ locations where the Technology has been applied and which are covered by this assessment
- Country: Tajikistan
- Region/ State/ Province: GBAO
- Further specification of location (e.g. municipality, town, etc.), if relevant: Vanj / Udob / Trit
- Map: View Map
Description of the SLM Technology
Short description of the Technology
An individual farmer family, has changed an overgrazed pasture area on a steep slope in the upper part of the village into an irrigated agro-biodiversity system, by constructing an irrigation canal, by tilling and removing stones from the terraces for crop production and afforesting the surrounding area with fruit trees and bushes.
Detailed description of the Technology
Establishment / maintenance activities and inputs: The site was established in 1989, with the construction of an irrigation canal. The canal brings water from a small watershed and the slowly melting snow fields within. In years with limited snowfall, the water is insufficient for irrigation throughout the summer months.It is a open, mud canal, 730 m long. When establishing new cropland, removal of stones from the plots is the most laborious part of the work. After an initial removal of stones, the land is tilled and appearing stones are again removed. This process is repeated several times.
Year round maintenance work is required to keep the canal functioning. Maintenance work on the cropland includes stone removal, manuring of potatoes fields, weeding and tilling.
Photos of the Technology
- 📍 Udob, Vanj / GBAO / Tajikistan
- 📷 Gulniso Nekushoeva
- 📍 Udob, Vanj / GBAO / Tajikistan