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Ecosystem Based Adaptation Activities to
Climate Change for Sustainable Agriculture

Table 9: Prepared by the author using the Benefits and Challenges of Traditional
Pasture Management (FAO, 2018b) report.
BENEFITS CHALLENGES
• Reduction in water and soil
erosion
• Increase in the nutrient cy- • The knowledge-based EBA farm-
cle, including carbon accu- ing system requires a complete
mulation perception of the main principles
• Increased water leakage and • Resistance of state institutions to
retention the promotion of livestock roaming
• Increased grassland drought or semi-nomadic community life
resistance and resilience to • Lack of education or public health
climate extremes programs adapted to nomadic or
• Extension of grassland semi-nomadic livelihoods
growth periods
• Increased grassland bearing
capacities
• Increasing economic return
for rural life

2.7. Contour Farming
Contour farming is the practice of tilling sloped land along lines of consistent
elevation for hilly terrains in order to conserve rainwater and to reduce soil losses
from surface erosion. This application reduces the speed of water leakage and
increases infiltration rates. Moreover, it increases the water catchment capacity
and soil retention at the field level. As the slope gets steeper, the efficiency of
contour farming increases and provides an increase in product.

Table 10: Prepared by the author using the Benefits and Challenges of Contour
Farming (FAO, 2018g) report.

BENEFITS CHALLENGES

• Reduced water erosion • Increased use of agricultural
• Increased water infiltration machinery in some cases
• Increase in product returns

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