SLM Database

The presented technology of leaving rock fragments in/on the soil in order to reduce soil evaporation and erosion in sloping areas greatly contributes to soil and water conservation.

• Compiler: Costas Kosmas
• 07/06/2017 7:48 a.m.

Terraces are constructions built mainly in hilly areas to reduce water erosion losses from cultivated erodible soils and for water conservation.

• Compiler: Costas Kosmas
• 06/28/2011 10:21 a.m.

Drip irrigation, also known as trickle irrigation is a method which minimizes the use of water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone, through a network of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters.

• Compiler: Costas Kosmas
• 05/11/2011 4:44 p.m.

The technology consists of shaping the land in small ridges followed an interspaced part in which the main cultivation work of the crop is carried out. Ridges are the place where the plants are growing.

• Compiler: Costas Kosmas
• 07/11/2017 7:04 a.m.

A technology which combines no tillage operations and the cover of the ground with plastic nets

• Compiler: Costas Kosmas
• 06/03/2011 4:20 p.m.

Progressive terracing technology is established through successive deposits of sediments behind (upstream) any anti-erosional structure, in this case contour strips of vetiver grass (vetiveria zizanioides). To better stabilize the slopes in the long-term, trees are planted downstream of the vetiver hedges.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 10/19/2017 2:29 p.m.

Agroforestry is a way of incorporating agricultural land with trees, crops and / or livestock. The technology increases and diversifies production, generating social, economic and environmental benefits. In addition, planted around houses, trees offer protection against hurricanes.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 10/23/2017 3:23 p.m.

Some crops such as corn, beans or potatoes, require weeding especially if no herbicides are applied. Weed control is done by manual ploughing with pickaxes and hoes.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 10/20/2017 12:13 p.m.

Agroforestry is a way of incorporating agricultural land combining trees and crops and / or livestock. The technology increases and diversifies production, generating social, economic and environmental benefits. In addition, planted around houses, trees offer hurricane protection.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 02/01/2019 10:55 a.m.

Terra Preta raised garden beds are a combination of techniques from permaculture and the production of Terra Preta, an anthrosol. These garden beds, which were created with local resources, are highly fertile and enable the production of much higher yields than traditional techniques, while diminishing soil erosion.

• Compiler: Karl Harald Bier
• 12/14/2016 5:29 p.m.