Authors : Salwa Abdurrahman Hamad; Samia Salih Shuaib Ibrahim; Musa Ahmed Musa Tibin; Alsamani Mohamed Mohamed Ali; Jumaa Barram Jadalla

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26apr1245

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Abstract : This study was conducted on rangeland of Abuelghor area, Sheikan locality, North Kordofan State, Sudan with the objective of studying the effects of applying some rainwater harvesting techniques on range plants composition, frequency, density, and biomass production. Four plots were set for this purpose. The first one (I) was protected and left without applying any technique. The second one (II) was divided by straight line furrows against surface water runoff while the third plot (III) was covered with alternating crescent shape ditches and the fourth (IV) was divided into plots of 42 meters. Line transect method was used for range inventory in randomly selected sites. The experiment was set as a complete randomized design and the data was analyzed using analysis of variance, and the differences among means were detected with least significance test (LSD). The results indicated no significant (>0.05) differences among treatments in plant composition and frequency. Ground cover showed significant differences (P<0.05) among treatment means where plot IV showed the highest ground cover followed by II and III that were similar in ground cover. Treat (I) had the lowest ground cover. The results of density were similar to the results as that were recorded for ground cover. Biomass was higher in treatment III and IV followed by treatment II while treatment I had the lowest biomass production. It was concluded that water harvesting could improve ground cover, density and biomass production with some techniques having greater effects than others. It is recommended that crescent shapes be used since their effects were similar to those in plot IV upon dividing rangeland into plots because it showed being lower cost in establishing it

Keywords : Rangeland Improvement, Rainwater Harvesting, Biomass Production.

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