SLM Database

The vetiver grass is planted on the contour and also in other situations such as along stream banks and minor farm roads to form a vegetative barrier and protect the land from surface erosion.

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• 06/21/2010 5:01 vm.

España tiene puesto en práctica un amplio abanico de acciones de lucha contra ladesertificación. De hecho cuenta con un Inventario de Tecnologías disponibles en España para la Lucha contra la Desertificación, alojado en la web del Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/lucha-contra-la-desertificacion/inventario-de-tecnologias-de-lucha-contra-la-desertificacion/default.aspx El PFN español quiere aprovechar este …

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• 09/13/2012 2:20 nm.

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.|

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• 10/09/2012 4:42 vm.

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.

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 vm.

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 …

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• 07/30/2010 12:37 nm.

На крутых каменистых и скалистых склонах Центрального Таджикистана местные жители для выращивания сельскохозяйственных культур устраивают «каменные» террасы, вертикальные откосы которых обкладываются камнями, высотой до 2 м. Террасное пространство заполняется привозным грунтом (рис. 1,2). Ширина ровной поверхности террас обычно не превышает 2–3 м, ширина каменной стены составляет 50-60 см. В зависимости …

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• 08/27/2010 2:55 nm.

The system is a unique indigenous cultivation technique used in all Matengo highlands to conserve soil moisture and minimize soil erosion. It is a grass fallow tide ridge system characterised by crop rotation and maintenance of soil fertility by compositing grass, weeds and crop residues. It is an intensive system …

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• 08/17/2012 6:04 vm.

Ngitiri or enclosure is an indigenous silvopastoral system practised by Sukuma people in Shinyanga region. It involves the conservation of grazing lands supplemented by tree planting; protects the soil, reclaims degraded lands and provides fodder and other woody, non-woody products to communities.|

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• 06/21/2010 5:02 vm.

Techniques de Gestion Intégrée de la Fertilité des Sols (GIFS) dont : Utilisation des plantes fertilisantes (Mucuna, Pois d’Angol, etc) ; Sensibilisation sur les arrières effets du Mucuna ; Utilisation du Mucuna dans la lutte contre le Chiendent ; Association fumure organique (Compost, fientes de volailles, bouses de vaches) et …

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• 07/30/2010 12:45 nm.

Arc Gis is a new gis mapping pakage. full picture of mapping information in Tonga and all characteristics as far as resources are concerned could be applied. for example most vulnerable areas for drought could be identified using this arc gis.

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• 09/21/2010 12:21 nm.