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| Image number: | 1558 |
| Feature : | raised bed cultivation |
| Grouping : | soil and water conservation |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Dimbal |
| Country : | Mali |
| Region - tribe : | Bandiagara |
| Physiographic region : | W-African Savanna belt |
| Notice : | Technique of earth bunds along contours against rill and gully formation and enhancing infiltration of water into the soil. The raised bunds keep the roots of maize and other cereals above the with water saturated ground during heavy rain storms. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 1558. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |