Pollution and Siltation of Rivers in the Western Highlands of Cameroon: a Consequence of Farmland Erosion by Runoff Authors: Henri Grisseur Djoukeng, Christopher.

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Pollution and Siltation of Rivers in the Western Highlands of Cameroon: a Consequence of Farmland Erosion by Runoff Authors: Henri Grisseur Djoukeng, Christopher Mubeteneh Tankou and Aurore Degré Presented by: Henri Grisseur Djoukeng (PhD Candidate) University of Liège – Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, BIOSystems Engineering Department, Soil-Water-Plant Exchanges Axis, Gembloux, Belgium November 5, st Century Watershed Technology Conference The University of Waikato New Zealand November 3 – 6, 2014

Plan 1.What happened? 2.Why did it happen? 3.Who is it concerned? 4.When did it take place? 5.Where did it take place? 6.How much (by what means)? 7.How (in what way)? 8.Conclusion

What happened? Siltation Pollution Presentation of the sediments collection well a b c

Why did it happen? 1/2 Exploiting steeply slopes (>25%)

Why did it happen? 2/2 Ancestral agricultural practices

Who is it concerned? Farmers Entire community Researchers (Observations)

Where did it take place?

When did it take place? 2012 – 2013 Flatbed / ridging along 2013 Tied ridging experiment 2014 Tied ridging adopted

How much (by what means)? 1/3 Researchers (Solutions) Farmers Tied ridging Tools

How much (by what means)? 2/3

How much (by what means)? 3/3 Cultivation method 11% slope 29% slope Flatbed13,4022,45 Ridging along the steeply sloping17,3033,45 Tied ridging2,666,30 Sediment per cultivation method (t/ha)

How (in what way)? 1/3

How (in what way)? 2/3 Characterizing and quantifying sediment Designation Soil 9,85810,7553,501 Plant residues 0,1270,0920,080 Other 0,0120,0140,005 TOTAL 9,99710,8613,586 Total quantities of collected sediment (t/ha)

How (in what way)? 3/3

Conclusion 75% adoption tied ridging 65.61% reduction siltation Siltation during hoeing and mounding Monoculture experiment Awareness and environmental education Chemical analysis of water

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