SLM Database

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.

Use of different mixes of plant cover for livestock fodder which are simultaneously favourable for biodiversity by improving soil health, and reducing the need for agrochemicals.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/17/2020 5:07 p.m.

A trial crop rotation system of '2+2', where a succession of two spring crops (maize) followed by two winter crops (wheat) aims to diversify cropping through rotation (sequences and intervals) while limiting weed pressure under a no-tillage system.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/14/2020 10:50 a.m.

Hedgerows are important to shelter the functional biodiversity necessary for natural regulation of crop pests. The extent of this effect depends on hedgerow management at farm level.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 11/22/2019 12:35 p.m.

Pâturage, zone dans laquelle les vaches vont prélever l'herbe de ray-grass (anglais) et trèfle blanc.

• Compiler: Julie Lemesle
• 08/30/2017 2:11 p.m.

Les prairies pharmacies sont des mélanges de semences implantées pour des pâturages. Le but des prairies pharmacies est de maintenir et augmenter la productivité des prairies tout en améliorant la santé des animaux.

• Compiler: Julie Lemesle
• 09/19/2017 4:57 p.m.

Land degradation contributes to biodiversity loss and the impoverishment of rural livelihoods in Tusheti. Above all, however, land degradation are triggered by climate change as traditional land use practise might not be adapted to new climate conditions which can cause or speed up degradation processes significantly. On the other hand, …

• Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
• 08/23/2019 11:21 a.m.

Riparian buffer strips refer to the permanent greening of arable land alongside streams and other water bodies. By slowing down runoff water from the land, they help to protect water bodies from diffuse pollution. Riparian buffer strips have multiple other environmental benefits, but disadvantages also.

• Compiler: Felix Witing
• 05/03/2022 6:01 p.m.

A grassed waterway is a strip of grass and other permanent low growing vegetation that is established along in the main drainage line (the thalweg) of an agricultural field to discharge water safely and prevent gully development.

• Compiler: Felix Witing
• 06/22/2021 11:36 a.m.

Strip-till is a form of precision farming and conservation agriculture that combines minimum tillage in strips with no-till on the remainder of the field. The soil over the whole field is protected by a growing crop or mulch from sunlight, and especially from the direct impact of raindrops by providing …

• Compiler: Felix Witing
• 05/02/2022 5:44 p.m.