Message-ID: <199909141254.IAA48466@listserv.american.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:52:43 -0000 From: NRMP-ASSISTANT-MALI <mailto:NRMP-ASSISTANT-MALI@ICRISATML.ORG> Subject: Burkina Faso: Bunds & water harvesting To: mailto:DEVEL-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
More than a decade ago I remember hearing and reading about work in Burkina Faso using bunds on contours of farmland to increase rainwater infiltration and decrease erosion from runoff.Recently I've heard that there is more or less extensive use of technologies to harvest rainwater for agricultural use (esp. dry-season gardening).
As I prepare for a trip there I wondered if anyone have any ready web references on either or both? I'm also particularly interested in anything on the evolution of such techniques in farmers' practices there over the last 10-15 years.
TIA!
Don Osborn mailto:osborndo@pilot.msu.edu consultant mailto:@ NRMP-Assistant-Mali@icrisatml.org