SLM Database

Goats are stall fed during dry season and open-grazed during rain season. In a semi-intensive system, animals are kept under confinement in which they are stall–fed for some period of time (weeks to months, especially during the dry seasons) followed by another period of open grazing during the rainy seasons.

• Compiler: PRISCILLA VIVIAN KYOSABA
• 01/26/2018 11:39 vm

Native tree scattered in the garden reduce wind speeds and lower chances of winds damaging crops

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/29/2017 2:41 nm

Contour farming is a practice of ploughing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. The contour lines create a water break which reduces rill and gully forms of soil erosion in case of heavy storms. The water break allows more time for more water to percolate/sink into ...

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 06/14/2017 6:30 nm

Compost Manure is a technology that promotes soil fertility enhancement with inputs locally availed by farmers.It makes nutrients more available to plants and transform raw organic matter into stable humus for crop production.

• Compiler: Sarah Babirye
• 12/05/2017 1:14 nm

Mushroom (agaricus bisporus) cultivation is one of the profitable technologies promoted by small and medium scale farmers in urban setting fetching good returns on investment within a period of 30 days with the aim of obtaining tremendous nutritional benefits, employment and additional income gained by both farmers and suppliers of ...

• Compiler: Sarah Babirye
• 03/21/2018 2:23 nm

Mixed Cropping of coffee (Coffea Canephora) , banana (Musa) and onions (Allium cepa) is a sustainable traditional land management practice that involves the growing of two or more crops (coffee, banana and onions) at the same time on the same field by smallholder farmers for increased production, food security and ...

• Compiler: Babirye Irene
• 02/02/2018 3:41 nm

Different varieties of mangoes such as Banganapalle, Alphonso, Kesar, Haden, Bombay, Kent, Keitt, oranges such as Washington Navel, Valencies, Tangarine, jack fruits and avacados are grown for purposes of household income and soil fertility improvement.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 05/19/2017 1:30 nm

The improved variety of cassava known as Nafe14 is grown on a gentle slope. Animal traction was used to plough 43 acres of land. The land was initially used for growing soya beans. The cassava garden has some trenches dug across so to control flooding and soil erosion. By this ...

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 05/31/2017 9:03 vm

Elephant grass (Pennisteum purpureum) and calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus), are harvested and chopped using a chaff cutter to produce fodder for dairy cows. The chaff is then mixed with cotton seed cake, molasses and maize bran to improve palatability and nutrient quality for dairy cows. The cattle graze in paddocks during ...

• Compiler: Aine Amon
• 01/31/2018 11:01 vm

Integrating black spear grass (Heteropogon Contortus), elephant grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) and trenches into a Citrus orchard of Oranges (Citrus Sinensis) for soil and water erosion control.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/12/2017 8:58 vm