The history of a gully which developed on a slope at the campus of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria is briefly discussed. Civil engineering measures were taken to cut off the upstream catchment area, close the gully with bulldozers and construct contour bands to divide the slope in sections. Subsequent agricultural development of the area had not been completed which continued the threat of renewed gully formation An experimental field was established on the 2 ha slope where field trials were set up of ridging and cropping to develop proper methods to complete the gully reclamation process. The selected cropping patterns for different sections of the field and problems encountered in the research are discussed. Some concluding remarks and recommendations are made: 1) Hydrology 2) plant protection 3) agronomy at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri - Nigeria.
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