SLM Database

Livestock movements are managed through community governance systems to maintain spatial and temporal heterogeneity of pasture, creating a gradient of quality and quantity of pasture across the landscape. This is achieved through clearly designated seasonal grazing areas for livestock and tight controls on settlement areas, grazing patterns and water points. …

• Compiler: Peter Tyrrell
• 02/01/2018 11:19 a.m.

Stonelines are constructed along the contours to slow down the speed of runoff, filter the soil and enhance water infiltration.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 06/13/2013 1:19 p.m.

Erosion control by use of physical barriers and vegetative materials

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 4 p.m.

Windbreaks are narrow strips of trees, shrubs and/or grasses planted to protect fields, homes, canals, and other areas from the wind and blowing sand.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 8:43 a.m.

Trees are planted along the riparian zone to stabilize the riverbank and to prevent degradation. The wood can be used to establish a building or to generate income on the market.

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 02/06/2013 11:59 a.m.

Minimise soil disturbance to conserve soil moisture

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 09/21/2010 3:18 p.m.

Ripping of soil using oxen-drawn implements, to improve water storage capacity and cropland productivity on small-scale farms.

• Compiler: Frederick I. Kihara
• 09/13/2010 5 p.m.

Terrace bund in association with a ditch, along the contour or on a gentle lateral gradient. Soil is thrown on the upper side of the ditch to form the bund, which is often stabilised by planting a fodder grass.

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 10/19/2010 3:17 p.m.

Tree line with adjacent grass strips as example of a productive and protective riparian area at Kapingazi River

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 01/11/2013 3:21 p.m.

The grazing principles of a Masai group ranch (pastoralists) deal with high numbers of livestock in semi-arid lands with very limited water resources. Makurian has abandoned "Holistic Management" principles and applies a more traditional management system today. There is a grazing plan for the rains, while during the dry season …

• Compiler: Michael Herger
• 07/21/2017 12:14 p.m.