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Contour strip cropping
- The planted rows are perpendicular to the slope of the contour
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It is advisable to rotate the strip planting by sowing a non-erosion resistant crop, following an erosion-resistant crop and vice versa.
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The most effective width of the contour strips for cereals, such as jowar and bajra is 21.6m and for the intervening legume 7.2m
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Wind strip cropping
- Height: Height of crops planted, as wind breaker, is important as the taller the crops, the more the area that will experience a postitive effect of the windbreaker
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Length: Windbreaker crop rows should be as long as the crop rows which need to be protected from the wind
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Density: Alternately arranged straight and long, but relatively narrow, parallel strips should be laid out of alternative crops
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Location: The crops are planted across the direction of the prevailing wind regardless of the contour
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Species to be used: Tall-growing crops such as jowar, bajra or maize, intercropped in between low-growing crops
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Permanent or temperary buffer strip cropping
- In the case of permanent or temporary buffer strip cropping, the strips are established to take care of critical, i.e. steep or highly eroded, slopes in fields under contour strip cropping
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Height: Height of crops planted as buffer strip can be taller as they can also be used as wind breakers.
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Length: Buffer crop rows should be as long as the crop rows which need to be protected
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Location: The crops are planted across the direction of the contour
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Species to be used: They are generally planted with perennial legumes, grasses or shrubs on a permanent or temporary basis.
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