SLM Database

Borana is a private ranch which combines livestock production with conservation and tourism. "Holistic Management" is applied as a principle for livestock on semi-arid lands with limited water resources. Grazing comprises “bunching” and rotational movement of all animals in herds.

• Compiler: Michael Herger
• 07/19/2017 6:10 p.m.

Lolldaiga Hills ranch is a private ranch and conservancy with livestock production and tourism. Rotational grazing is used to manage livestock on semi-arid lands with limited water resources. Bare land is recovered by a "Boma” technology – strategic corralling of animals overnight on degraded land.

• Compiler: Michael Herger
• 07/20/2017 4:30 p.m.

Conservation agriculture for maize-legume systems with velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) as a dense cover crop is being promoted in western Kenya to address the challenges of land degradation, low crop yields, low incomes, high production costs and climate change.

• Compiler: Kennedy Were
• 05/31/2020 1:49 a.m.

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a proven SLM Technology to restore degraded wasteland and improve depleted farmland. The farmer regu- lates and facilitates the re-growth of existing trees stumps, or self-sown seeds in the soil, and thus promotes soil fertility and through better ground cover, increases protection from runoff …

• Compiler: Thomas Kalytta
• 08/04/2016 10:40 a.m.

Erosion control by use of physical barriers and vegetative materials

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 4 p.m.

Trees are planted along the riparian zone to stabilize the riverbank and to prevent degradation. The wood can be used to establish a building or to generate income on the market.

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 02/06/2013 11:59 a.m.

Minimise soil disturbance to conserve soil moisture

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 09/21/2010 3:18 p.m.

Ripping of soil using oxen-drawn implements, to improve water storage capacity and cropland productivity on small-scale farms.

• Compiler: Frederick I. Kihara
• 09/13/2010 5 p.m.

Tree line with adjacent grass strips as example of a productive and protective riparian area at Kapingazi River

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 01/11/2013 3:21 p.m.

The grazing principles of a Masai group ranch (pastoralists) deal with high numbers of livestock in semi-arid lands with very limited water resources. Makurian has abandoned "Holistic Management" principles and applies a more traditional management system today. There is a grazing plan for the rains, while during the dry season …

• Compiler: Michael Herger
• 07/21/2017 12:14 p.m.