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| Title | Natural vegetative filter strips | | Author | Augustin R. Mercado Jr. and J Rondall | | Editors | W Critchley and T Wach | | Year | 2007 | | Book Title | WOCAT 2007: Where the land is greener – case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide | | City of Publication | Bern, Switzerland | | Pages | 129-132 129-132 | | Call Number | BC0266-08 |
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| Natural vegetative strips (NVS) are narrow live barriers comprising naturally occurring grasses and herbs. Contour lines are laid out with an A-frame or through the ‘cow's back method’ (a cow is used to walk across the slope: it tends to follow the contour and this is confirmed when its back is seen to be level). The contours are then pegged to serve as an initial guide to ploughing. The 0.3–0.5 m wide strips are left unploughed to allow vegetation to establish. Runoff flowing down the slope during intense rain is slowed, and infiltrates when it reaches the vegetative strips. Eroded soil collects on and above the strips and natural terraces form over time. This levelling is assisted by ploughing along the contour between the NVS –through ‘tillage erosion’ – which also moves soil downslope. |
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