[USCC] Fwd: [IOBB] E-Seminar: "Rehabilitation of degraded wastelands through vegetative measures"

[Jim McNelly]

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>                    Announcement
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>IOBB welcomes you to join the Internet Seminar on 09-29 Oct 2006 on
>"Rehabilitation of degraded wastelands through vegetative measures"
>by Mr. Sahibzada Irfanullah (Natural Resource Management Coordinator,
>     Farm Forestry Support Project, Pakistan).
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>Venue: http://www.iobbnet.org/drupal/forum/139
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>ABSTRACT
>The Farm Forestry Support Project of the Intercooperation and SDC is working
>in southern dry belt of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan to promote
>innovative farm forestry practices for the benefit of rural poor farmers. As
>one of its endeavors, the project initiated rehabilitation work in extreme
>dry region of Karak using the silvo-pastoral system to increase productivity
>of the area with minimum cost. The system included plantation and sowing of
>fast growing multipurpose trees, shrubs and grasses simultaneously. To
>overcome the shortage of water, rain water harvesting techniques were
>implied to ensure maximum availability of water for plant growth. The
>activity was carried out with full participation of civil society
>organizations and farmers associations.
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>The results after two years showed a profuse plant growth in terms of
>grasses and shrubs that were being utilized by the owning farmers for fodder
>and fuel wood purposes. The tree seedlings were not yet of the productive
>age as they required 4-6 years to reach harvestable size. Due to maximum
>moisture conservation by the water harvesting techniques, profuse growth of
>natural grasses was achieved. The activity also resulted in recharge of
>ground water table by retaining water and increasing rate of infiltration.
>This contributed to the rejuvenation of downstream springs and wells.
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