| 1.1 | Generalized map of arid and semi-arid regions |
| 2.1 | Risk of failure of improved varieties |
| 2.2 | Coefficient of variation of annual rainfall |
| 4.1 | Types of bench terraces |
| 4.2 | Progressive slope reduction with 'fanya juu' terraces |
| 4.3 | Sketch of a contour bund |
| 4.4 | Intermittent terraces |
| 5.1 | Soil surface modification for rainfall retention |
| 5.2 | Alternative crop and row arrangements on broad beds |
| 5.3 | Conservation bench terraces compared with other practices |
| 5.4 | Improved soil moisture from contour bunds |
| 5.5 | Simple structures to retain surface run-off |
| 5.6 | Shaping the soil surface into run-off and run-on areas |
| 5.7 | A non-symmetrical furrow former |
| 5.8 | The effect on soil moisture of contour ridges and furrows, and mulching in the furrow |
| 5.9 | Ridging in Botswana |
| 5.10 | Floodwater farming in Arizona by Navajo Indians |
| 5.11 | A run-off farming system from Kenya |
| 5.12 | Run-off diversion and spreading in Australia |
| 5.13 | Sketch of a 'khadin' or submergence tank |
| 5.14 | A small flood diversion scheme in Tigre, Ethiopia |
| 5.15 | A pilot project in Turkana, Kenya, diverting flood water onto pasture and crop land |
| 5.16 | The main areas of dark heavy clay soils in the tropics and subtropics |
| 6.1 | Roaded catchments are widely used in Western Australia for harvesting run-off |
| 6.2 | Plan of a small earth dam with a cut spillway |
| 6.3 | A reservoir with a natural spillway into an adjacent watercourse |
| 6.4 | A reservoir with a mechanical (pipe) spillway and an emergency spillway |
| 6.5 | Installation of an outlet pipe under a dam wall |
| 6.6 | An earth dam with an impermeable clay core |
| 6.7 | Examples of small weirs |
| 6.8 | Off-stream storage in a tank dam |
| 6.9 | Off-stream storage in a ring dam |
| 6.10 | Off-stream storage in a turkey's nest dam |
| 6.11 | Horizontal wells |
| 6.12 | The 'qanat' system of horizontal wells |
| 7.1 | Changes in cattle population (a) Mambilla Plateau, Nigeria, 1930-1980(b) Swaziland, 1947-1980 |
| 7.2 | A modified disc plough for making pits on range land |
| 7.3 | Plan and cross-section of a negarin plot |
| 7.4 | Small microcatchments for trees, Baringo, Kenya |
| 7.5 | Combination of stone lines (cordons) with tree planting, Niger |
