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close this bookSoil Conservation Techniques for Hillside Farms (Peace Corps, 1986, 96 p.)
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View the documentDichotomous key to the selection of soil conservation practices
View the documentResults of the Santa Cruz extension project: farm budgets and the profitability of modern agricultural techniques.
View the documentTwo simple levels for use in surveying contour lines
View the documentSome demonstrations useful in promoting new techniques

English - Spanish vocabulary list

A-frame level

nivel tipo "A"

bench terrace

terraza de banco

check dam

barrera

compost

abono orgco

compost pile

abonera

contour barrier

berrera al contorno

contour furrow

surco al contorno

cover crop

cultivo de cobertura

crop residues

rastrojos, residuos

dead barrier

barrera muerta

desertification

desertificacidesertizaci/TD>

discontinuous narrow terrace

acequia de ladera, terraza de

(orchard terrace)

huerta, terraza angosta

drainage

desagua o drenaje

drop box

caja disipadora

earthworm

lambriz de tierra

earthworm house

lombricero

eroded land

tierra erosionada, sierra cansada

erosion

erosi/TD>

fertilizer

fertilizante, abono

grass lined drainage canal

canal de desague engramado

green manure

abono verde

gully

cava

hillside

ladera

hillside ditch (channel terrace)

zanja o acequia de ladera

individual terrace

terraza individual

infiltration

infiltraci/TD>

line level

nivel de cuerda o de aIbanil

live barrier

barrera viva

manure

estiercol

minimum tillage

labranza minima

mixed barrier

barrera mixta

milch

cobertura

planting bed

came o arriate

point row

surco muerto

retention well

pozo de retenti/TD>

riser (terrace bank)

talud

rock lined drainage canal

canal de desague empedrado

rock wall

muro de piedra

runoff

escurrimiento, ague de escorrentia

slash and burn

roza y quema

slope

pendiente, desnivel

stormwater drain(uppermost of series of contour ditches)

cabecera

windbreak

barrera rompeviento

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