SLM Database

Existing livestock sheds can be improved through interior and exterior refurbishing, and door and window installation. More favourable indoor conditions benefit animal health and the quality of animal products.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:44 p.m.

A plan for rotational grazing has been developed to control pasture use and prevent overgrazing of rehabilitated pastures.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:40 p.m.

Community fodder banks have been established in villages for the purpose of ensuring supplies of livestock fodder during winter, to prevent loss of livestock and to prevent over-grazing early in spring.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:47 p.m.

A sustainable option for bread baking and reducing shrub consumption

• Compiler: Aqila Haidery
• 01/05/2013 9:25 a.m.

Rehabilitation of rangelands involves selection of key pasture and fodder species, and their reintroduction into strategic areas through stakeholder participation. The technology is also supported by communal management plans, which were created to address the root causes of land degradation.

• Compiler: Nicholas Euan Sharpe
• 08/21/2017 9:31 a.m.

Small horizontal wooden structures and terraces on eroded slopes built to mitigate sheet or rill erosion and slow down water run-off. The technology is easy to apply and efficient to mitigate erosion processes of the upper soil layer and to stop small rock falls.

• Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
• 10/01/2018 9:53 a.m.

An ecologically sound and practical grazing management system, based on rotation and wet season resting.

• Compiler: Andrew Ash
• 09/27/2010 10:03 a.m.

Burning of rangeland (“tsamdro”) is a traditional management practice adopted by highlanders to control unpalatable grass and shrub species. This helps them produce adequate fodder for their yaks, cattle, horses, and sheep by creating a favorable environment for palatable grasses.

• Compiler: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 07/15/2023 1:35 p.m.

An improved dairy shed in Bhutan is characterized by concrete floors, cement pillars and troughs, enough sunlight and ventilation, adequate water, ample space for cattle movement, as well as urine and dung collection gutters and a farmyard manure collection area.

• Compiler: Tshering Yangzom
• 08/23/2023 7:42 a.m.

Split Ranch Grazing involves grazing half the available area for a full year - concentrating livestock. The consequent grazing pressure maintains the grassland in an immature, high-quality state, while resting the other half, allowing optimal recovery from the previous full years grazing. The technology is simple, requiring less fencing than …

• Compiler: Richard Fynn
• 10/16/2017 3:43 p.m.