For 30-year-old Valentino Tukamuhabwa, life in Kiriba A, Ndeego, Rubanda District within the Kitotera-Kanyamperere watershed, has always been a struggle against the land. Like generations before her, ...

The recent spell of heavy rain in the Nilgiris has led to erosion of top soil from many agricultural lands. Concerns over the prospects of top soil loss affecting agricultural yield in the coming ...

Around 40 tonnes of soil per hectare is washed away every year in slope areas of the Nilgiris if conservation measures are not applied, says a report from the Central Soil and Water Conservation ...

Scientists are working with farmers to help them reclaim sloping land ruined by heavy rainfall, through terracing and planting extra crops that hold the soil in place in a drive they say repairs soil ...