terrace day.

we went to visit some terraces last week. FHI helped to organize their construction, an initiative implemented by the government originally. building the terraces is part of a farming project basically serving to educate local subsistence and other farmers on how to make the most of the land and improve harvests.

from what i could gather, terraces are used for erosion control. the terraces provide flat land in the hills so that water doesn't wash out the crops. this technique has doubled and tripled peoples' harvests.