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Footsteps 15

SOIL EROSION

It is sadly true that in many parts of the world our parents can remember a very different environment from that of today. Deserts have grown. Fertile land has become poor. People are fighting to overcome these problems in many different ways. Soil erosion has become such a widespread problem that most countries now have government programmes to control erosion, programmes that add to the efforts of the farmers themselves. 

Please find below articles from Footsteps issue 15.


Bible study
Our stewardship of the environment by Suleiman Jakonda of RURCON, Nigeria. Read Genesis 1:26-31. God created all things and there was perfect harmony between all creation and God. But as we read in Genesis 3:14-19, the fall brought about sin and se... More >>
Community Based Health Care: Who is in control?
by Keith Wright. The idea of having community based activities has become very fashionable in development work and especially in primary health care. The term community based was originally used to try to describe health development work that happen... More >>
Contour Lines
Compiled by Isabel Carter. These are imaginary lines across a slope which are the same height at all places along the slope. Water cannot flow along a contour line - it is completely level. Most soil erosion control methods are built along the cont... More >>
Editorial
It is sadly true that in many parts of the world our parents can remember a very different environment from that of today. Deserts have grown. Fertile land has become poor. People are fighting to overcome these problems in many different ways. Soil e... More >>
Growing Walls
This is an interesting and very practical idea developed by Gösta Nilsson, the Director of Sanitas in Botswana. He has developed a container gardening system based on walls with built-in growing boxes, made of hollow concrete blocks. The blocks are... More >>
How soil erosion happens
by Mike Carter. Imagine you need to push a loaded cart down a gentle slope. You first have to get the cart moving - this may need quite a hard push. Once the cart is moving, a steady, gentle push may keep it moving down the slope. Getting the cart ... More >>
How to control soil erosion
1. COVER methods These methods all protect the soil from the damaging effects of rain-drop impact. Most will also improve soil fertility. MulchingBare soil between growing plants is covered with a layer of organic matter such as straw, grasses, le... More >>
Letters
More help from children I have read with interest in Footsteps No 12 about involving children in development work. I, too, think it is a good and important thing to consider. I would like to share with you what we have done on our programme with ch... More >>
Resources
Looking After Our Land by Will Critchley and Olivia Graham This book and accompanying video draws together the experiences of six soil and water conservation projects in dryland regions of Kenya, Mali and Burkina Faso. The projects are very differe... More >>
Soil and water conservation and the community
by Will Critchley and Olivia Graham. Soil erosion - the removal of good soil by wind or water - is a growing problem world-wide. As the world population increases, more pressure is put on land to produce food, fuel and building materials. Trees are ... More >>