SLM Database

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.

Biochar is generated through the process of pyrolysis (partial combustion) of plant biomass like corn cobs or forest residues, in a heat-intensive, oxygen-free or low-oxygen environment. By spreading biochar on fields, the objective is to enhance the nutrient-holding capacity and structure of soil, and thereby to improve plant production.

• Compiler: Gatien AGBOKOUN CHRISTOPHE
• 02/25/2023 5 p.m.

Effective crop residue management involves returning organic matter to the soil by spreading plant residues (cereal straw, legume tops, etc.) after harvesting. This technique makes it possible, among other things, to (i) reduce the loss of fine soil particles due to water- or wind-induced erosion, (ii) return part of the …

• Compiler: Gatien AGBOKOUN CHRISTOPHE
• 03/04/2023 2:47 p.m.

Introducing a multigrain flour to prevent malnutrition of rural communities, enhancing community resilience to natural disasters such as floods.

• Compiler: MARIA ROSELIN
• 11/18/2016 4:32 a.m.

This multipurpose dryer is used to dry animal and vegetable products (mango, tomato, coconut, ginger, meat, etc.).

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/24/2014 5:08 p.m.

The aim of this practice is to improve the preservation and storage of potato tubers in rural areas.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/24/2014 5:05 p.m.

A method for increasing the productivity of rice by changing the management of plants, soil, water, and nutrients.

• Compiler: Madhav Dhakal
• 06/06/2011 11:55 p.m.

The African Market Garden (AMG) is a horticultural production system based on low-pressure drip irrigation.

• Compiler: Julie Zähringer
• 09/27/2010 2:37 p.m.

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• Compiler: MIZROBSHO AMIRBEKOV
• 05/17/2018 4 p.m.

In Tunisia, ensuring a consistent supply of quality forage and pasture seeds to farmers is a critical hurdle in advancing the livestock industry, with many farmers turning to self-produced seeds to fulfil their requirements.

• Compiler: Wafa Saidi
• 03/02/2023 9:58 a.m.