SLM Database

Fruit trees of Mangoes (Mangifera indica) and Oranges (Citrus sinensis) are grown on degraded land to improve soil fertility through deep soil nutrient mining and litter of leaves.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/11/2017 1:12 p.m.

Improved maize (zea mays)-groundnuts (arachis hypogaea) optimum intercropping pattern is a technology promoted by IITA (International Institute for Tropical Agriculture) among small scale farmers through demonstrations /trials. It is promoted for improving food and income security and optimum land utilisation.

• Compiler: Jalia Namakula
• 07/11/2017 2:13 p.m.

Elephant grass (Pennisteum purpureum) and calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus), are harvested and chopped using a chaff cutter to produce fodder for dairy cows. The chaff is then mixed with cotton seed cake, molasses and maize bran to improve palatability and nutrient quality for dairy cows. The cattle graze in paddocks during …

• Compiler: Aine Amon
• 01/31/2018 11:01 a.m.

Trenches commonly referred to as “fanny juu, fanya chini” increase water infiltration and reduce soil erosion.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/17/2017 11:43 a.m.

The technology involves growing of Mangoes (Mangifera indica) and Oranges (Citrus sinensis) in the same field with the aim of conserving the environment, protecting soil from erosion, and generating income from the sale of fruits.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/11/2017 7:33 a.m.

Dairy cattle (Friesian) are grazed on indigenous pastures to promotes conservation of the indigenous grass species (guinea grass), which protects the soil against soil erosion and promotes biodiversity.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 05/19/2017 5:29 p.m.

The cultivation of short duration mung bean varieties lead to higher farm-income and improved soil health in Central Asia

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 09/23/2021 2:57 p.m.

The use of cold tolerant chickpeas, sown in autumn, significantly benefits farmers by realizing higher profits thanks to smaller amounts of fertilizers required, increased yields, and a better market price.

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 05/24/2021 2:16 p.m.

A plantation of salinity-tolerant tree species, mostly having nitrogen fixing and high biodrainage capability, is created in a plot of arable land, out of use due to high salinity and water logging in order to restore productive functions of the land.

• Compiler: Rustam Ibragimov
• 12/19/2011 11:16 a.m.