Wind Erosion Study in Kordofan-around ELOBEID Town-Sudan

Wind Erosion is one of the main processes of Desertification.In Sudan the arid and semi-arid areas are subjected to severe desertification due to scarcity and sporadic rainfalls in addition to human induced factors of over cultivation, overgrazing,wood cutting and the extension of millet cultivation over the vulnerable lands.Due to the lack of quantitative study of wind erosion as one of the main processes of desertification its potentiality,its intensity along field surfaces and lack of quantitative data on how wind erosion reduces soil fertility this research was conducted was conducted to highlight these issues with the following objectives 1/Producing quantitative data on wind erosion 2/Establishment of procedures in Sudan for quantitative monitoring of wind erosion/Investigating the spatial and temporal variation in wind erosion on different surfaces and their intensity/Elucidating the impacts of wind erosion and cropping on the soil fertility and comparison with cropped and virgin surfaces.Different methods were used to achieve these objectives.Results showed that wind remove silt,clay and organic matter leaving the infertile coarse sand.