SLM Database

Strengthening of river banks and counter landslide operations with the use of stones and gabions

• Compiler: German Kust
• 05/22/2011 10:23 a.m.

Reclamation and infilling of eroded gullies using barriers of willow branches and live mulberry cuttings to trap loess soil from surface water runoff.

• Compiler: Daler Domullojonov
• 05/01/2011 5:58 p.m.

The construction of linear gravel bed ditches lined with local tree species, at angles across a hill slope to channel the surface water.

• Compiler: Giuseppe Bonati
• 04/30/2011 8:51 a.m.

Use of the SLM technology facilitates the development of bench terraces from contour channels by gradually removing soil material up the slope for an estimated 5 years until the terraces on the slope reach a desired width of 1.2 m.

• Compiler: Manuchehr Rakhmatdzhonov
• 05/02/2011 11:15 a.m.

Drainage ditches are dug in steep cropland areas to reduce soil erosion by diverting excess rain water away.

• Compiler: Erik Bühlmann
• 03/08/2011 10 a.m.

A buffer strip of grass is left uncultivated in the middle of an area of steep sloping cropland to help reduce soil erosion.

• Compiler: Erik Bühlmann
• 01/26/2011 9:22 a.m.

Forward sloping terraces stabilised with aligned poplar trees and adjacent grass strips

• Compiler: Erik Bühlmann
• 03/03/2011 10:37 a.m.

Passive solar greenhouses heated entirely by sunlight were established with the aim to produce vegetables for commercial use during the harsh winter conditions.

• Compiler: Julie Zähringer
• 05/13/2011 7:39 a.m.

Using environmentally friendly phytopesticides, made from natural plant extracts to help combat pests and diseases.

• Compiler: Rustam Kalandarov
• 05/05/2011 11:42 a.m.

Vertical growing of potatoes in pits, by the gradual addition of further layers of soil.

• Compiler: Rustam Kalandarov
• 05/04/2011 12:42 p.m.