SLM Database

Riverbed farming can be used to increase household income and to improve the food security of landless and land-poor households in the Terai area of Nepal.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/13/2015 9:57 a.m.

Vermicomposting or worm composting is a simple technology for converting biodegradable waste into organic manure with the help of earthworms.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/14/2015 10:22 a.m.

Oyster Mushroom Farming Technology is the cultivation of oyster mushrooms as a food source, economic source, and as primary compost, to increase the quality of soil and help upgrade living standards of local farmers.

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/14/2014 11:49 a.m.

Peatland rewetting is a climate change mitigation technology that involves raising and maintaining high water tables in agricultural peatland through controlled drainage. It reduces soil subsidence and CO2 emissions while preserving biodiversity. This technology offers environmental benefits but faces challenges in policy support and economic viability.

• Compiler: William Powell
• 05/22/2024 11:06 a.m.

An agroforestry system consisting of rows of walnut and hazelnut trees combined with grassland and flowers was applied in place of a former conventional monoculture system in Alphen, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands.

• Compiler: Carlos Gil Picon
• 02/14/2024 9:23 a.m.

Bokashi is a soil amendment formed by fermenting clippings of vegetation. It helps to increase soil organic matter content in fruit orchards.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 07/06/2023 4:52 p.m.

Willow and hazelnut trees have been planted in strips on arable land to reduce windspeed, decrease the leaching of nutrients and attract and support natural enemies of crops pests.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 07/27/2023 2:21 p.m.

Flower strips are established on arable crop access paths to attract and support natural enemies to control and decrease crop pests

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 08/15/2019 6:04 p.m.

The organic matter content of arable land is increased by spreading mushroom compost ("champost"), growing green manure during the winter season, and reducing tillage

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 08/15/2019 3:57 p.m.

Create strips with flowering plants in the margins of arable fields.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 07/09/2019 5:23 p.m.