Due to soil erosion processes fertile soils are washed out almost anywhere in the world. Soil erosion protection measures are necessary, especially for food security reasons. This study uses the well-known Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) to assess the long-term soil erosion in a small catchment area and to simulate various soil protection alternatives. After completion at this test site the techniques can be applied for larger regions to detect areas that are most afTected by soil erosion and to guide precisely the efficient soil erosion prevention measures that proved to be valuable according to the computer simulation results.