Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.

3. Source: Birru Yitaferu (Google Image)

4. AMHARA

12. Means in a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different at p≤0.05

13. Means in a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different at p≤0.05

14. Means in a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different at p≤0.05

15. Means in a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different at p≤0.01

16. Means in a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different at p≤0.05

17. Means in a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different at p≤0.05

18. Effect of local bund (1985-2010)
on physico-chemical
properties of soil at Anjeni catchment
Bulk
Organic Total Density
Treatment Mater Nitrogen Available P (gm/cm3)
Loss 1.767b 0.140b 6.734a 1.346a
Deposition 3.024a 0.202a 7.882a 1.234b

19. Effect of topo-sequence (1985-2010) on physico-
chemical properties of soil at Anjeni catchment
Bulk
Organic Total Available Density
Treatments Matter (%) Nitrogen P (Bd)
Crust slope 2.957ab 0.176ab 6.896a 1.20c
Shoulder slope 1.420c 0.149b 7.046a 1.36a
Back slope 1.986bc 0.153b 7.429a 1.30ab
Foot slope 2.091bc 0.149b 7.431a 1.25bc
Toe slope 3.784a 0.240a 8.357a 1.07d

20. Grain Yield Total Biomass
Treatment (kg ha-1) (kg ha-1)
Deposition 1077.23a 5208.3a
Middle 759.93b 4183.3b
Loss 656.19b 3491.7c

23.  Downstream
 Sedimentation on
• dams
• reservoirs
• rivers

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32. Scale-up good Practices
Source: GTZ-South Gondar

33. Scale-up good Practices
Source: GTZ-South Gondar

34. Scale-up good Practices
Source: GTZ-South Gondar

35. Scale-up good Practices
Source: GTZ-South Gondar

36. Thank You