SLM Database

Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) has been promoted by the Land Development Department as a green manure plant with the objectives of increasing soil organic matter, improving soil fertility and reducing salinity levels.

• Compiler: Laksamee Mettpranee
• 08/06/2024 2:55 a.m.

Acacia ampliceps is a very salt-tolerant species that can grow well in severely salt-affected areas. Land leveling with ditches and dikes is needed, and they are planted along an east-west direction. The technology is very well accepted by land users.

• Compiler: Chakkaphan Phaosrakhu
• 10/29/2018 10:23 a.m.

Planting a halophyte - Dixie grass (Sporobolus verginicus) - aims to increase the area of land usable by farmers and to prevent expansion of severely saline soils. Dixie grass can be utilised as cattle feed. The Land Development Department has been involved in developing and disseminating this technology.

• Compiler: Kamontip Sasithorn
• 10/30/2018 2:54 a.m.

The organic farming was initiated by a group of Yasothon farmers since 1989 to produce organic rice and vegetables. The organic fertilizers used are the compost made from farm products and animal dungs, bio-fermented liquid from kitchen wastes and crotalaria as green manure.

• Compiler: Suwannapa B00njongrak
• 11/02/2018 10:32 a.m.

Shallow tillage involves disturbing the upper layer of soil without deep ploughing. It aims to provide a good seedbed, incorporate manure, control weeds, and enhance water infiltration while minimizing soil erosion and compaction. A machine tiller has recently replaced animal traction for this purpose.

• Compiler: Wiem Haouari
• 10/10/2024 1:11 p.m.

The biological consolidation of embankments is an agricultural practice that entails planting embankments with arboricultural, pastoral, or forage species. This cultivation technique enhances the effectiveness and longevity of these structures.

• Compiler: Wafa Saidi
• 03/06/2023 9:42 p.m.

Mechanical bench terraces are a landscaping technique employed on sloping terrain. These are essentially mechanically constructed earthen levees or embankments established along contour lines.

• Compiler: Wafa Saidi
• 02/20/2023 6:10 a.m.

Contour ploughing is an agricultural technique involving the cultivation of sloping land along contour lines. This technique creates a succession of closely spaced ridges and furrows which help to retain water and soil.

• Compiler: Wafa Saidi
• 02/24/2023 12:18 p.m.

The technology utilizes a drought-tolerant native forage legume, Hedysarium coronarium, to restore degraded soils by covering the soil, fixing nitrogen, improving biodiversity and increasing water infiltration while fodder quality and availability is improved.

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 06/02/2021 4:11 p.m.

This technology is based on the natural advantages and the multi-purpose usage of spineless cactus pear (Opuntia fiscus-indica), to cultivate marginal lands in central Tunisia, generating environmental and socio-economic benefits.

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 09/08/2021 11:28 a.m.