Gully formation is aggravated by cultivating steep slopes and stream banks, ridging off contour, use of unraised footpaths and field boundaries, overgrazing around water points and dip tanks, land clearing and deforestation, poorly constructed roads, dam spillways and physical conservation measures
Kupangika kwa ngalande kumakula pobzala mbeu malo otsika kwambiri ndi mmphepete mwa mitsinje, kupanga mizere mosatsatira akalodzera, kugwiritsa ntchito njira zoyendamo ndi malire a munda otsika, kudyetsa mopyola muyezo mbali mwa zitsime ndi malo osambitsa ziweto, kusosa minda ndi kudula mitengo mosasamala, miseu yosamangidwa bwino, madzi otayika kuchoka malo osungira madzi ndi njira zina zoteteza kukokoloka kwa nthaka