SLM Database

The infiltration pits are constructed on bare lands with the aim to enhance re-vegetation of plant species. The pits help to reduce soil erosion/land degradation as water is now able to infiltrate through the pits because they are constructed in succession. It also improves land productivity and cover as well …

• Compiler: Matoka Moshoeshoe
• 03/25/2019 1:58 nm.

The aim of the gully head structure is to help stabilise the gully and prevent/control the gully from expanding further in length due to erosion. In Lesotho, this is constructed using stones.

• Compiler: Matoka Moshoeshoe
• 03/27/2019 9:04 vm.

The installation of this wetland contributes to reducing the ecological debt to nature by restoring natural complexes, reaching a balance between environmental and economic interests, and promoting sustainable farming conditions in one of the most important and valuable natural areas of central Lithuania.

• Compiler: Jovita Mėžinė
• 09/28/2021 9:58 vm.

Shallow rotary tillage with microbial digestion is a technique that is used to destroy cover crops and to manage stubble. The plant material is broken down to small pieces and incorporated into the surface layer of the soil. During the process bacteria and microbes are added to break down the …

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 07/27/2023 12:52 nm.

Rotation program: Diverse rotation of at least five crops on farm level for more biodiversity and less intensive cultivation practice

• Compiler: Sabine Reinsch
• 10/08/2019 5:18 nm.