SLM Database

Mechanized Raised Beds (MRB)-technology improves livelihoods because raised beds lead to significantly reduced costs (30% less water, 20-40% less nitrogen fertilizer) and higher wheat yields increased by 20-30%. MRB-technology helps to do more with less.

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 08/13/2020 12:24 nm.

Managing calcareous soils through combined structural measures and chemical amendments methods for improving soil productivity and reduce land degradation

• Compiler: Daniel Danano Dale
• 11/09/2016 11:10 vm.

Tree plantations in combination with hillside terracing to protect upper catchment areas are a widespread technology in the Central and Northern Highland Zone of Eritrea.

• Compiler: Eyob Zeremariam
• 11/15/2010 10:47 vm.

Spate irrigation is a traditional water diversion and spreading technology.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 10/08/2010 11:05 vm.

Reduced (minimum) tillage is a tillage method that does not turn the soil over. Usually only the upper 10-18 cm of the soil surface is tilled.

• Compiler: Endla Reintam
• 08/16/2017 8:38 vm.

No-till farming (also called zero tillage or direct drilling) is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage.

• Compiler: Endla Reintam
• 08/09/2017 12:37 nm.

A permanent plant cover is maintained or established to protect soil against erosion or peat decomposition.

• Compiler: Endla Reintam
• 08/14/2017 9:18 vm.

Acidic soils deprive crops of their full nutrient absorption capacity. Lime application to these soil makes them less acidic. It breaks the barrier that fixes nutrients and ensures crops access to vital soil nutrients that unleash their productivity potential.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 02/04/2023 7:02 nm.

Crop residue management involves leaving stover and other trash from cereal crops (including tef, wheat and maize), as well as haulms of legumes, in the field. Crop residues keep the soil covered, retain organic matter and moisture in the soil, and help to ensure better production.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 02/06/2023 7:33 nm.

Green manures are fast-growing legumes sown in a field, weeks or even months before the main crop is planted. These are plants that are deliberately grown for incorporation into the soil to improve fertility and organic matter content.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 02/06/2023 8:10 nm.