SLM Database

Home gardens provide low-income households with continuous food supply and increase the resilience of their livelihoods to climate change

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/30/2017 2:19 p.m.

Farmer-managed natural regeneration is a low-cost, sustainable land restoration technique involving the re-growth of trees from tree stumps and seedlings in the wild.

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/06/2017 2:16 p.m.

Trees of various sizes are integrated with crops such as coffee and/or banana, maize and beans such that each group of plants occupies a specific vertical position and competition for vertical space is minimized

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 05/03/2017 7:48 a.m.

A banana plantation established in an area surrounded by natural woodland vegetation is protected from excessive drought and winds, ensuring continuous production and increased income throughout the year

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/17/2017 6:12 p.m.

Native tree scattered in the garden reduce wind speeds and lower chances of winds damaging crops

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/29/2017 2:41 p.m.

Pine-based shelter belt is used to protect an orchard of mangoes against strong winds in order to prevent abscission of generative organs such as flower buds, flowers, small fruits and ripened fruits

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/30/2017 2:14 p.m.

Leguminous, fast growing grevillea robusta (silk oak) planted as boundary lines provides shade to a pineapple cropland, increases soil organic matter, provides fuel wood for domestic use and timber for construction after 5-8 years.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 06/07/2017 1:19 p.m.

Modern bee hives are installed on natural trees in order to conserve the environment and provide honey and income.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/22/2017 7:52 a.m.

Integrating black spear grass (Heteropogon Contortus), elephant grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) and trenches into a Citrus orchard of Oranges (Citrus Sinensis) for soil and water erosion control.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/12/2017 8:58 a.m.

Ficus natalensis based agroforestry system protects crops on windy hill slopes facing Lake Victoria and reduce runoff towards the meandering Kagera River Valley.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/25/2013 3:12 p.m.