Table 1: Impact of PSWC measures on soil moisture storage in the highlands of Ethiopia.

Type of PSWC

Study site

Age (year)

Moisture Storage (%)

Effectiveness (%)

Reference

 

 

 

with

without

Moisture Storage

 

Graded stone bund

Adaa Berga district West Shewa Zone

6

19.6%

17.6%

11.36%

Abay, et al. [28]

 

Soil bund with trench

Anjeni watershed

5

34.73%

29.30%

18.5%

Mengistu, et al. [69]

Stone bund

Degua Temben district Northern Ethopia

-

10%

8.6%

16.2%

Welemariam, et al.  [68]

Stone faced- soil bund

Guba-Lafto Woreda

3

34.95%

24.48%

42.8%

Asnake and Elias [29]

Soil bund

Arsi Negelle  District

4

0.417

0.38

9.8%

Husen, et al. [107]

Stone bund

Gumara-Maksegnit watershed

5

24.49%

22.88%

7%

Alemayehu, et al. [30]