Excavating with cows

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cg.contributor.affiliationTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttp://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta11e/en
cg.issn1011-0054en
cg.journalSporeen
cg.number11en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.subject.ctaNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.ctaENVIRONMENTen
dc.contributor.authorTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:13:26Zen
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:13:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/44706
dc.titleExcavating with cowsen
dcterms.abstractFor several years now, ILCA (International Livestock Centre for Africa) has been successfully experimenting with the use of draught animal power to excavate ponds. A pair of cows harnessed to an easily made implement can move 13 cubic metres of...en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCTA. 1987. Excavating with cows. Spore 11. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.en
dcterms.descriptionFor several years now, ILCA (International Livestock Centre for Africa) has been successfully experimenting with the use of draught animal power to excavate ponds. A pair of cows harnessed to an easily made implement can move 13 cubic metres of earth or mud by day. To dig a 3,000 m3 pond the excavation thus costs about USD 1,000. Many watering holes in Ethiopia have had to be abandoned because of silting which can reach 1,000-2,000 m3 per year. Such siltation can now be controlled in this way without relying on costly mechanized technologies that are often inaccessible For more details, contact: S. Bunnig, A. Astatke or F. Anderson I LCA P.O. Box 5689 Addis Ababa Ethiopiaen
dcterms.isPartOfSporeen
dcterms.issued1987
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dcterms.typeNews Item

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