An age-old agricultural method is helping to combat soil degradation and protect a source of food and income for more than 75% of the population in Madagascar. Through a study using isotopic ...

In Madagascar, where farming has moved toward modern intensive agricultural practices in recent decades, a study has demonstrated that the country’s farmers would be much better off if they returned ...

Planting on any sloped land is more difficult than flat-ground planting because: 1.) it’s harder to walk and work on a slope; and 2.) the soil is usually poor and thin from erosion. Toughest of all is ...

This is the last of three stories on terracing hillsides. To read the first two stories, "Slippery slopes" and "Know your hillside," go to sfgate.com and type in Deborah K. Rich. "Almost all ...

An advanced agricultural technology is helping farmers in Uganda's Southwestern Highland Agricultural Zone achieve unprecedented crop yields while fighting the devastating effects of soil erosion and ...

For 30-year-old Valentino Tukamuhabwa, life in Kiriba A, Ndeego, Rubanda District within the Kitotera-Kanyamperere watershed, has always been a struggle against the land. Like generations before her, ...

Ooty: Soil erosion during heavy rains along the Ooty-Emerlad road is continuing to be a worrisome factor as the piling of eroded soil on the road proving to be troublesome for traffic. Greens are ...

Terrace farmers who have been worrying about making quality soil mix to sow the seeds need not worry anymore. ‘Niravu Vengeri’ that has been popularizing organic farming entered into making ...

The recent spell of heavy rain in the Nilgiris has led to erosion of top soil from many agricultural lands. Concerns over the prospects of top soil loss affecting agricultural yield in the coming ...