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This is an indigenous technical knowledge in which a structure with an embankment of stones, or soil and stones is made along the contour and the stone structure is stabilized using vegetation, such as fodder trees and grasses. Stone bund controls the soil erosion from the drainage basins and water gets more time to enter into the soil. Apart from the above structure, planting of hedges, grasses, or shrubs on the contour can check the runoff velocity drastically and increase the time for water to infiltrate into the soil, facilitate sedimentation and deposition of eroded material by reducing the carrying capacity of the overland flow. Because of the conservation of topsoil and water in this structure, the yield of the crops is improved and also, it increases the access to drinking water by increasing the water table.