
Individual platforms and contour platforms [Sri Lanka]
Construction of individual platforms or contour platforms to control soil erosion in the home gardens (HG) to cultivate vanilla as a cash crop
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Construction of individual platforms or contour platforms to control soil erosion in the home gardens (HG) to cultivate vanilla as a cash crop
The sixty farmers who had low educational level, limited infrastructure facilities and alternative employment oppertunities and who used to expolit land for economic gains had been converted to use sustainable agricultural practices using soil conservation measures.|
The hydraulic civilization of the ancient Sri Lanka, built many small tanks in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka to retain water to be used in the dry season for agriculture, domestic consumption and for the domestic animals. These tanks formed a seperate micro environment.
Construction of water spreading system on khor and wadi with machinery jointly government and farmers in dam compaction and pitching.
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Physical and chemical treatment saline soil
Water Spreading (or Spate Irrigation system) conducted through the construction of earth dam structures at the khor cross section.
The farmers in horticulture are using a biological method to control the efects of pests and diseases ocurring during the harvesting of crops. This biological method implies that a seedextract of Crotalaria striata or Smooth rattlebox, a herbaceous plant, is dissolved in a certain proportion of water. This mixture is …
Using water tolerant crops might prolong the use of cultivated peat soils.
Using crops that can withstand a high water table level and still have a high yield