SLM Database

A rock catchment system is a water harvesting structure comprising a bare sloping rock surface (impounded area), a constructed concrete wall at a strategic point (weir), pipeline from the weir to the storage tank(s), storage tanks and water kiosk(s) connected to the water tanks by pipelines.

• Compiler: Fredrick Ochieng
• 09/21/2016 1:50 p.m.

A sand dam is a stone masonry barrier across a seasonal sandy riverbed that traps rainwater and sand flowing down the catchment.

• Compiler: Ian Neal
• 03/27/2012 9:11 a.m.

Technique on the use of water from fishpond for dry season rice cultivation to increase yields

• Compiler: jimmy luangphithack
• 07/11/2017 9:30 a.m.

Dry season rice cultivation on flat areas of stream banks aiming towards replacement of harmful shifting cultivation practices in the upland areas and to improve livelihoods.

• Compiler: Bounthanom Bouahom
• 05/18/2017 11:02 a.m.

The methods for construction of earthen pond on slope area in adjacent to the village where it forms perennial water channels with clay soil which is unsuitable for other agricultural purposes. Therefore, Oxfam encouraged the construction of communal pond to create the interest for many households to build their own …

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 07/09/2017 3:40 a.m.

A Local Indigenous Weir to Harness Water

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 05/19/2017 4:35 a.m.

Conversion of wetland plots into fishpond.

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 07/05/2017 4:34 a.m.

The Al Yakloum pond collects runoff from a local catchment and water is led through a channel system alongside a farm road. Sandy particles are captured in a sediment trap before runoff enters the pond. The pond provides water to approximately 5 ha of orchard - which is irrigated through …

• Compiler: Nicola D'Alberton
• 07/07/2022 10:13 a.m.

La tecnología denominada “Microcuencas de captación de agua para el cultivo Milpa en La Mixteca Oaxaqueña” consiste en un sistema de cultivo tradicional realizado por agricultores indígenas mixtecos, para la producción de milpa (maíz, frijol, haba, chile y algunas plantas comestibles y medicinales) establecidas o sembradas en pequeñas parcelas comunales …

• Compiler: BENJAMIN SANCHEZ BERNAL
• 06/06/2018 6:42 a.m.

Des buttes en terre sont accumulées de manière à infiltrer l'eau de pluie dans les point ou les arbres fruitiers poussent, ceci afin de diminuer la demande en eau d'irrigation par goutte à goutte.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 06/21/2017 5:11 p.m.