SLM Database

Existing livestock sheds can be improved through interior and exterior refurbishing, and door and window installation. More favourable indoor conditions benefit animal health and the quality of animal products.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:44 p.m.

A plan for rotational grazing has been developed to control pasture use and prevent overgrazing of rehabilitated pastures.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:40 p.m.

Community fodder banks have been established in villages for the purpose of ensuring supplies of livestock fodder during winter, to prevent loss of livestock and to prevent over-grazing early in spring.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:47 p.m.

The Agroforestry system in Malistan district combines traditional practices with support from the Community-Based Sustainable Land and Forest Management project in Afghanistan. This initiative provides technical support, training, and resources like apple trees, fertilizers, and alfalfa seeds to establish 400 orchards (1,000 m² each). The goal is to enhance community …

• Compiler: Ahmad Zia Jalalzai
• 12/01/2024 10:42 a.m.

Artificial reseeding is a key method for restoring degraded rangelands. It involves reintroducing native, palatable fodder species to improve vegetation cover, soil health, and biodiversity. This process boosts forage for grazing animals, stabilizes soil, and helps combat desertification, enhancing ecosystem health and productivity.

• Compiler: Gul Nabi Khan Noorani
• 11/13/2024 7:26 a.m.

Restoring degraded rangelands through quarantine in Qadis district, Badghis Afghanistan.

• Compiler: Shamsulhaq Shams
• 12/19/2024 6:35 a.m.

A sustainable option for bread baking and reducing shrub consumption

• Compiler: Aqila Haidery
• 01/05/2013 9:25 a.m.

Rehabilitation of rangelands involves selection of key pasture and fodder species, and their reintroduction into strategic areas through stakeholder participation. The technology is also supported by communal management plans, which were created to address the root causes of land degradation.

• Compiler: Nicholas Euan Sharpe
• 08/21/2017 9:31 a.m.

Small horizontal wooden structures and terraces on eroded slopes built to mitigate sheet or rill erosion and slow down water run-off. The technology is easy to apply and efficient to mitigate erosion processes of the upper soil layer and to stop small rock falls.

• Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
• 10/01/2018 9:53 a.m.

An ecologically sound and practical grazing management system, based on rotation and wet season resting.

• Compiler: Andrew Ash
• 09/27/2010 10:03 a.m.