SLM Database

Transforming a monocrop coconut farm into a resilient food forest can sustainably enhance soil health, biodiversity and productivity while reducing labour and external input requirements. This demonstrates the potential to increase yields and provide long-term economic and ecological stability for farmers.

• Compiler: Praveena Sridhar
• 10/30/2024 11:31 a.m.

The use of city compost is a sustainable solution for addressing the problem of waste management and soil degradation. Under this technology, urban municipal waste is composted and used as organic fertiliser in agriculture. This relieves the cities’ waste management, enhances rural soils and in turn improves farm productivity.

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 04/17/2023 11:03 a.m.

Bioresource Center (BRC) is an enterprise model to promote the preparation and commercialization of bio-inputs to help farmers adopt natural and sustainable agriculture practices. The bio-inputs and composting material under such models are prepared using locally available material at very affordable prices.

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 03/17/2023 11:05 a.m.

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid formed from the organic residue by pyrolysis. Biochar is a stable, highly water and nutrient-retentive product that benefits microorganisms and has a very high carbon sequestration potential. Farmers in the project area have applied it to their homesteads or kitchen gardens.

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 03/17/2023 1:05 a.m.

In the cattle shed management system, the cattle shed should be constructed with an elevated concrete floor that slopes slightly toward a cow urine collection point. The collection point should be equipped with a drainage system to easily remove cow dung and urine. An elevated concrete floor for cow dung …

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 04/03/2023 6:27 a.m.

Lantana camara is an invasive species having severe ecological impacts on local biodiversity and economic impact on local communities. Lantana camara has proliferated in central India and occupied many forest lands, commons, and private land. The cut rootstock method provides minimum disturbance to the soil, wherein the plants' roots are …

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 02/21/2023 8:15 a.m.

The Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing Technology aims to sow 12 to 15 different crop varieties in April without waiting for rain. To achieve this the seeds are pelletized with a mixture of clay soils, bio-inoculants like dried Ghanjeevamruth and Dravajeevamrit, and ash. The main objective of this technology is to empower …

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 03/18/2023 7:02 a.m.

Organic Farming (OF) of table grape production in Apulia region is estimated at 8.5% of the total area. The advantages of OF include an increase in soil organic matter, better water holding capacity and lower soil salinity.

• Compiler: Pandi Zdruli
• 10/05/2025 6:31 p.m.

Reconstitution of soils is a pedotechnique based on the treatment of organic and non-organic pedomaterials to achieve benefits in areas with barren, degraded, desertified and/ or sealed soils.

• Compiler: Chiara Cassinari
• 10/09/2024 1:53 p.m.

Application of fine-grained charcoal as an amendment to improve the soil quality and mitigate GHG emissions from croplands

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 04/24/2015 10:08 a.m.