SLM Database

A protective and productive high-input agroforestry system comprising multi-purpose ditches with bunds, live barriers of grass, contour ridging, annual crops and fruit trees.

• Compiler: Mathias Gurtner
• 03/17/2011 10:30 a.m.

Grassing recharge zones of agricultural drainage systems significantly improves the quality of drainage water. It can be a useful, effective and relatively cheap measure for improvement of shallow groundwater quality.

• Compiler: Antonín Zajíček
• 06/22/2021 11:35 a.m.

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• Compiler: Raul Galeas
• 09/12/2018 4:27 p.m.

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• Compiler: Raul Galeas
• 09/10/2018 11:29 p.m.

Mezcla de guineo (plátano) con frutales y café en sistemas de producción agroforestal con asociación de guineo (plátano), frutales y café al fin de incrementar la producción previniendo y reduciendo la erosión del suelo

• Compiler: Pablo Caza
• 11/17/2017 4:29 p.m.

Reduced (minimum) tillage is a tillage method that does not turn the soil over. Usually only the upper 10-18 cm of the soil surface is tilled.

• Compiler: Endla Reintam
• 08/16/2017 8:38 a.m.

No-till farming (also called zero tillage or direct drilling) is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage.

• Compiler: Endla Reintam
• 08/09/2017 12:37 p.m.

A permanent plant cover is maintained or established to protect soil against erosion or peat decomposition.

• Compiler: Endla Reintam
• 08/14/2017 9:18 a.m.

Panicum coloratum is a palatable tropical grass with high biomass production potential. It is grown in the irrigated fodder development areas of Dassenech district. Panicum is a fast-growing perennial which can be repeatedly harvested once it reaches maturity. It mitigates the issues of recurrent livestock feed shortage in dry periods …

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 11/29/2022 7:34 p.m.

Green manures are fast-growing legumes sown in a field, weeks or even months before the main crop is planted. These are plants that are deliberately grown for incorporation into the soil to improve fertility and organic matter content.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 02/06/2023 8:10 p.m.