SLM Database

Natural Vegetative Strips (NVS) are narrow strips of naturally growing grasses and herbs intentionally left unploughed along the contours of slope land to serve as buffers that prevent soil erosion during heavy rains.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 09/09/2019 8:06 a.m.

Bench terraces are a soil and water conservation measure used on sloping land with relatively deep soils to retain water and control erosion. They are normally constructed by cutting and filling to produce a series of level steps or benches. This allows water to infiltrate slowly into the soil. Bench …

• Compiler: Md Babul Hossain
• 12/21/2018 7:14 p.m.

Valley floor cultivation practiced by the rehabilitated tribal farmers through intensifying cultivation.

• Compiler: Niaz Ahmed Khan
• 11/04/2010 2:50 p.m.

Le labour perpendiculaire à la pente consiste à labourer suivant la courbe de niveau pour freiner le ruissellement et réduire le risque de l’érosion et de la dégradation du sol.

• Compiler: Gatien AGBOKOUN CHRISTOPHE
• 03/13/2023 1:32 a.m.

Terrace consolidation is the merging of existing narrow bench terraces into larger terraces to enable farm mechanization, commercial farming and crop intensification. This technology is promoted as the existing terraces are generally narrow and this limits efficient operation and utilization of land and other resources.

• Compiler: Karma Wangdi
• 07/21/2023 1:08 p.m.

Contour stone bunding on sloping agricultural lands reduces soil erosion and conserves soil moisture in order to retain soil productivity. It is promoted /recommended on slopes where there is adequate surface stone.

• Compiler: Nima Dolma Tamang
• 08/19/2023 2:14 p.m.

Contour hedgerows are a soil and water conservation technology that involve planting of Napier grass cuttings along contour lines on the slope at a horizontal distance of 6 m. The area between the contour hedgerows is used for crop cultivation.

• Compiler: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 07/15/2023 4:24 a.m.

Se trata de diques de piedras que se ubican en el lecho de los arroyos, acompañados por plantaciones alrededor de las construcciones.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/11/2010 2:55 p.m.

Establecimiento de Muros de Piedras para Terrazas de Formación Lenta con piedras respectivamente con Barreras Vivas.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/09/2010 1:31 p.m.

Las zanjas de coronación impiden la entrada del escurrimiento superficial a las cárcavas

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/09/2011 7:17 p.m.