SLM Database

Intensive zero-grazing of hybrid dairy Hybrid (Holstein Friesian) cattle to produce a constant high yield of milk all-year around.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/02/2017 1:33 p.m.

Energy-saving stove is a hole dug in the floor of a hut or in the compound. It helps to reduce the quantity of firewood used for cooking by reducing heat loss and ensuring firewood burning for longer time.

• Compiler: Sunday Balla Amale
• 12/18/2017 11:12 a.m.

Contour hedges of Calliandra planted on very steep slopes to combat soil erosion by decreasing surface runoff and increasing infiltration.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/12/2013 10:41 a.m.

This is a system of integrated runoff water and drainage management that allows cultivation in a swampy valley bottom.

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 1:27 p.m.

the SWC technology entails growing of markhamia lutea trees like food crops involving application of manure and mulch.

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 11:34 a.m.

Use of the manual Treadle pump is a relatively cheap and effective way to ensure adequate soil moisture to ensure crop production throughout the year.

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/07/2017 3:28 p.m.

Dry banana leaves are spread in the soil for growing banana plantation for improving soil fertility and moisture content retention.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/05/2017 11:18 a.m.

A percolation pit is an excavation in the ground in the pathway of water runoff to intercept the flow of the water and thereby reduce erosion and destruction of crops, settlements and other infrastructure downstream

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 10/07/2016 11:16 a.m.

mulching of perrenial crops (Banans and pineapples) to conserve moisture

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 1:09 p.m.

Napier grass strips control soil erosion on annual and perennial cropland on moderately-angled to highly-angled slopes.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/18/2013 11:26 a.m.