Full title: Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa_ No 4. Road Runoff harvesting
These mini-films show a series of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices that have been proven in Sub-Saharan Africa. As well as helping to control land degradation and improve production, the practices constitute important components within the climate change adaptation strategies of small-scale farmers.
In this fourth film, Critchley explains road runoff harvesting, which is carried out in many parts of the world – wherever there is a combination of dry conditions and farmland alongside a road. It shows how roads provide a hard surface with a high runoff coefficient and drainage is integral to a road design. With this system, water may be spread immediately (eg for cereals), or ponded and then used for supplementary irrigation (for horticultural crops –both vegetables and fruit trees)
More info: Information Cards: Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Directed and scripted by: William Critchley (VU University)
Produced by: Josephine Rogers (Countrywise Communication)
Year: 2012
Language: English
Last modified: July 7, 2015