SLM Database

Allowing livestocks to graze in pasturelands in a periodic and regular manner.

• Compiler: Mehmet Zengin
• 03/02/2011 7:13 p.m.

Plastic tanks of 50 to 100 liters of water with taps are placed on high platforms. Perforated plastic tubes allow water to flow and drip irrigate vegetable patches. Home gardening, once established can be carried out throughout the year.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 06/08/2017 1:04 p.m.

Trenches commonly referred to as contour trenches and running perpendicular to a slope increase water infiltration and reduce soil erosion as a way of conserving soil.

• Compiler: Sarah Babirye
• 12/06/2017 1:40 p.m.

A minimum tillage technology where the garden is cleared by slashing and crops are planted without opening the land. Only the spot where the seed is planted is dug. The rest of the land is left undisturbed.

• Compiler: Sunday Balla Amale
• 12/19/2017 2:36 p.m.

Cultivating leguminous crops in weed prone fields to help overgrow and kill the weeds

• Compiler: Sunday Balla Amale
• 12/06/2017 8:16 a.m.

Baby melon (cucumis melo) is used as a cover-crop to prevent soil degradation

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/11/2017 3:10 p.m.

A banana (musa acuminata) and pineapple (ananas comosus) inter-cropping system focusses on optimal land utilization and efficient use of available resources for small holder farmers. This is a good practice for controlling long term soil loss in agro-ecosystems. It involves less crop- and soil management practices as compared to annual …

• Compiler: Jalia Namakula
• 05/19/2017 9:33 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.

Intercropping of maize with watermelon as a land optimization strategy

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/29/2017 2:46 p.m.

Improved pawpaw (Carica papaya) fruit tree growing using improved varieties for Sustainable Land Management Practices and income generation.

• Compiler: Babirye Irene
• 03/23/2018 10:42 a.m.