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1 Integrated land management ................................... ............ .............. 2 Ag-oclimatic zones of Ethiopia .............................................. ................ 5 Using this book............................................................................................ 13 2 Working with communities ................................... 15 Participatory extension approaches ..................................... ............ 16 Farm planning ............................................................ 29 W orking with groups ................................................................................... 37 Gender ................................................................................................... 41 HIV/AIDS ............................................................................................. 47 Drought management ................................... ............................................ 49 3 Managing land in each agroclimatic zone......... 53 M cist Alpine W urch ................................... ............................................... 54 W et W urch ............................................................................................. 55 M cist W urch ................................................................................................. 56 W et Dega ............................................................................................. 58 M ist Dega ............................................................................................ 60 Dr Dega ................................................................................................ 62 W et W eyna-Dega........................................................................................ 64 M cist W eyna-Dega................................................. ............................ 66 Dry W eyna-Dega ........................................................................................ 68 W et Kolla ............................................................................................... 70 M c ist Kolla ............................................................................................ 72 Dr7 Kolla ............................................................................................... 74 M cist Bereha ........................................................................................ 76 Dry Bereha .................................................................................................... 78 4 Vanaging soil fertility ........................................... 81 qultiple cropping......................................................... .................... 82 rop rotation ............................................................. ....................... 86 allow s ............................................... ............................... . . . .......... 8 7 ,over crops and green m anures.................................. ......................... 88 o m p o st ...................................................................... ............................ 9 0 lu lch ........................................................................... ................ . . . . . 9 4 an u re ....................................................................... ................... . . . 9 6 norganic fertilizer ............................................ ..................... .... 100 5 Conserving soil and water................................. 105 onservation tillage ................................... .. ...................... 106 ied ridges ................................................................. 111 V rass strips ............................................................... 11 3 rash lines ............................................................... ..................... . . . 1 1 6 evel bunds ................... ..................................... 118 raded bunds ................................................ 124 ench terraces ........................................ 127 renches ........................................ ............. .................... . . 1 3 1 icrobasins ................................................................. ................. . . . 13 3 ,utoff drains ................................................ 137 aterways ................................................. 139 Zehabilitating gullies ............................................................................ 142 h eckd am s ......................................................... .................................. 14 4 arking contour lines .................................... ................ 148 M arking graded lines ........................................................................... 152 Measuring vertical intervals and slope gradients.................................... 155 6 Managing water ................................................ 159 M acrocatchm ents ................................................. .. 160 Water tanks ................................................. 166 rrigation .............................................................. ........................ . . . 176 7 Managing livestock and fodder ........................ 185 ver-sow in g ............................................................... .... . ................ 18 6 nder-sowing . ......... .............................. ...................................... ........... 188 Fertilizing pasture ................................................................................. 189 Stock exclusion areas .................. ........... ........................... 190 Fodder banks ............................................... ................................... 192 Controlled burning .............................................................................. 194 ýermanent grass-legume pasture ................................ ................. ..... 195 Controlled grazing ................................... ...... ..................... 197 Managing Land Rotational grazing ................................................................................ 198 Cut-and-carry .................................................... 200 Livestock housing ................................................................................. 207 Livestock feed ....................................................................................... 208 Calculating how many animals to keep ..................................... ............. 213 Water ..................................................... 217 Crop residues ...................... .. ......................................... 219 H ay ...................... .. . .... ..... .................................................... ..... 222 Silage ..................................................................................................... 225 Forage species ....................................................................................... 228 8 Managing trees and shrubs .............................. 231 Collecting and storing tree seeds.......................................................... 232 Tree nurseries........................................................................................ 235 Bare-rooted seedlings ............................................................................... 237 G rowing seedlings in pots ................... ............ .......................................... 241 Trees and shrubs on and around farms................................................... 244 Trees and shrubs to rehabilitate degraded land........................................ 246 W oodlots ............................................................................................... 24 8 Managing trees and shrubs ............................. .............. ............... 251 9 Agroclimatic suitability of forage, trees, shrubs and crops ................................................ 257 Forages ................................................................................................ 258 Trees and shrubs ....................................... .................... .......................... 261 Field crop s ............................... .......................................................... 2 6 5 H orticultural crops ....................... ................ ............................. 267