SLM Database

Farmyard manure is a decomposed mixture of cattle dung, urine with bedding material and fodder residues. After rotting the farmyard manure it is incorporated into the ground to increase soil fertility.

• Compiler: Brigitta Toth
• 08/06/2017 8:46 p.m.

Conventional (contour-line and ploughing) tillage

• Compiler: Ádám Kertész
• 06/02/2011 4:59 p.m.

The use of city compost is a sustainable solution for addressing the problem of waste management and soil degradation. Under this technology, urban municipal waste is composted and used as organic fertiliser in agriculture. This relieves the cities’ waste management, enhances rural soils and in turn improves farm productivity.

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 04/17/2023 11:03 a.m.

In India, 29 percent of the area cropped with rice remains fallow during the dry "rabi" season. This offers the opportunity to improve farm income and soil health by introducing legumes especially lentils. Diversifying the cropping system in such a way results in higher farm income due to additional crop …

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 11/10/2022 4:17 p.m.

Supplemental Irrigation (SI) offers a solution for irregular rainfall, as it provides a limited amount of water to essentially rainfed crops consequently ensuring good plant growth. Furthermore, SI provides the opportunity for a more diverse production system such as a legume-cotton system in which chickpeas are cultivated as a winter …

• Compiler: Joren Verbist
• 10/13/2020 11:54 a.m.

Crop rotation as an alternative to monoculture practices to improve soil fertility and reduce soilborne diseases

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 10/22/2014 2:44 p.m.

Введение в рисовые севообороты сахарного сорго в смешанном (бинарном) посеве с люцерной - один из способов восстановления плодородия вторично засоленных почв в условиях дефицита оросительной воды, а также диверсификации сельскохозяйственного производства путем создания устойчивой кормовой базы животноводства.

• Compiler: Kulyash Iskandarova
• 05/30/2023 1:43 p.m.

Введение сахарного сорго в рисовые севообороты - один из способов восстановления деградированных земель в условиях дефицита оросительной воды и вторичного засоления почв, а также диверсификации направлений сельскохозяйственного производства местных сообществ путем создания прочной кормовой базы для животноводства.

• Compiler: Kulyash Iskandarova
• 01/10/2023 8:28 a.m.

The minimal tillage for cultivation of grain crops (the second and third culture after fallow).

• Compiler: Ervin Gossen
• 06/05/2011 9:21 p.m.

Push-pull technology is a strategy that controls pests, improves the productivity of cereal crops and fodder, and controls soil erosion.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/18/2023 9:44 p.m.