Simple methods of preventing soil erosion
Arid Land Information Network
This brief was written by Mike Brownbridge, Peter Wright, & Nigel Walsh for the Arid lands
Information Network (ALIN) and appeared in the Baobab Journal Number 1, 1998. Baobab
is published by ALIN with support from ILEIA - The Centre for learning on sustainable
agriculture. ALIN and ILEIA are members of AgriCultures, a global network of organisations
that share knowledge and provide information on small-scale, sustainable agriculture
worldwide. Baobab is published four times a year. It is a magazine on small scale
sustainable agriculture which is the East African edition of the AgriCultures Network global
magazines.
Arid Land Information Network
AAYMCA Building
State House Crescent off State House Avenue
PO Box 10098 - 00100 Nairobi,
Kenya
Tel: +254 (20) 2731557 / +254 (20) 2629761/62
Mobile: +254 728 606 916
E-mail info@alin.net
Website http://www.alin.or.ke/
Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) is an International NGO that facilitates information and knowledge
exchange to and between extension workers or infomediaries and arid lands communities in Kenya, Uganda and
Tanzania. The information exchange activities focus on small-scale sustainable agriculture, climate change
adaptation, natural resources management and other livelihood issues.
Practical Action
P.O. Box 39493 – 00623 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2595 311 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16
E-mail: practicalaction@practicalaction.or.ke
Website: http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/
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Practical Action is a development charity with a difference. We know the simplest ideas can have the most
profound, life-changing effect on poor people across the world. For over 40 years, we have been working closely
with some of the world’s poorest people - using simple technology to fight poverty and transform their lives for the
better. We currently work in 15 countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
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