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Protected agriculture (controlled environment agriculture) is the use of technology to modify the growing environment for crops to extend the growing period and increase yields. It can include greenhouses, shade nets or polytunnels. This technology is moderately expensive therefore it is used only for the cultivation of high-value crops and …

• Compiler: Nima Dolma Tamang
• 07/12/2023 9:42 a.m.

Les boulis : ce sont des ouvrages de forme ovale ou circulaire de 60 m de long et 4 à 6 m de profondeur, creusés dans le sol et destinés à collecter les eaux de ruissellement pour des usages divers (maraîchage, pépinières pour maraîchage et essences agroforestières en saison sèche) …

• Compiler: SAWADOGO Hamado
• 12/15/2012 5:11 p.m.

Dans le bas-fond inondable de Boulmiougou, des planches de légumes sont produites dans un système agroforestier, et irrigués par l’eau de puits creusés à la main par des arrosoirs ou des motopompes.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 01/23/2018 11:22 a.m.

Le Banka, ou Bassin de captage des eaux de ruissellement, est un ouvrage de stockage creusé dans le sol, de 12 m de long, 8 m de large et 2 m de profondeur. Il permet de collecter les eaux de ruissellement pour faire des irrigations de complément en cas de …

• Compiler: SAWADOGO Hamado
• 12/14/2012 9:09 p.m.

In sandy areas, old rice bags are filled with sand and piled up as dikes bordering irrigation channels, and Pandanus plants are used to stabilize them on the long term.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 11/06/2014 10:50 a.m.

The cultivation of eggplants by using plastic mulch and a drip irrigation system in order to control weeds, retain soil moisture, save water and reduce labor for maintenance, weeding, watering, and the application of fertilizer for increase production and income.

• Compiler: Navin Chea
• 08/21/2017 10:19 a.m.

The integrated farming system (IFS) includes basically the mixture of different farming components like crops, fruit tree cultivation, fish and livestock husbandry on the same farm plot. IFS help significantly to improve soil quality and crop production by using a minimum of external agricultural inputs.

• Compiler: Sok Pheak
• 05/17/2017 10:06 a.m.

A solar water pump is a technology that uses solar panels to convert the solar power to electricity for pumping water from different sources including an underground source of water. The use of solar water pump is to reduces the operating costs, and avoid the CO2 emission, which is a …

• Compiler: Sok Pheak
• 10/12/2017 9:12 a.m.

The rotational intercropping of vegetables between mango trees is a form of agroforestry. The technique aims to bear yield and income to the farmers when the trees do not bear fruit at young stage. Further purposes are the permanent soil cover which impede weed growth, reduces evaporation and soil erosion, …

• Compiler: Be Gechkim
• 05/14/2017 1:34 p.m.

Digging ponds on farms to harvest rain water used for irrigating crops during drought provides a means for addressing a lack of water at the start of crop cultivation, both before the start of the rainy season and after the end of the rainy season. The main objective of this …

• Compiler: Nary Lay
• 06/24/2017 1:34 p.m.