SLM Database

Lab lab (Lablab purpureus) is planted in a banana garden and trained to creep in the empty spaces for suppressing weeds, stabilizing the soil, fixing atmospheric nitrogen and controlling water runoff.

• Compiler: Aine Amon
• 02/02/2018 8:06 a.m.

Weeds and crop residues laid in bands across the slope of annual crop fields to conserve soil and water, and to incorporate organic matter into the soil after decomposition.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 02/24/2011 1:50 p.m.

Improving soil fertility for both animal and perennial crops on flat area using mulching.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 05/13/2013 8:47 a.m.

the SWC technology entails growing of markhamia lutea trees like food crops involving application of manure and mulch.

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 11:34 a.m.

mulching of perrenial crops (Banans and pineapples) to conserve moisture

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 1:09 p.m.

Napier grass strips control soil erosion on annual and perennial cropland on moderately-angled to highly-angled slopes.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/18/2013 11:26 a.m.

Transformation of degraded pastureland to high quality fodder plots.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 12/13/2013 9:40 a.m.

A bench terrace is an artificial horizontal strip dug across a steep landscape, with a riser ranging between 30 and 45 degrees. Bench terraces are constructed in series and help to minimize land degradation by rainwater runoff

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 10/06/2016 9:18 a.m.

A soil and water conservation channel is an excavated trench along the contour with tie bands after an interval to trap water and soil which are being washed down the slopes by a downpour

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 11/09/2016 8:43 a.m.

Oranges (Citrus sinensis) and Mangoes (Mangifera indicate) integrated with beans are planted together in the same field to increase production and household income.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/07/2017 2:49 p.m.