beji
- bench terraces. Bench terraces. Level platforms cut into hillsides to create flat planting areas and prevent soil erosion; a soil conservation structure used in sloped agricultural land.
Example: Thondeka beji kana mĩako ĩngĩ kũrĩa kũinamu. (Make terraces or other soil conservation structures where the land has steep slopes.); Gitĩra beji na njĩra ya kũhanda nyeki ta mũthemba wa Blue grass (Paspulum notatum) mĩthia-inĩ. (Protect bench terraces by planting grasses e.g. Blue grass (Paspulum notatum) on the bench faces); Thondeka beji na ũhande nyeki mĩthia-inĩ. (Undertake terracing and plant stabilizing grass on the face of the terraces)