SLM Database

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.

Fallow land restoration for fodder production is combined with biodiversity conservation of natural steppe vegetation by no-tillage disc-harrowing and seeding of forage grass in low density.

• Compiler: Heino Hertel
• 09/25/2013 6:22 a.m.

Permanent soil cover with cover crops and/or crop residues helps to control soil erosion, suppress weeds and build up soil fertility. It can also add organic matter to the soil.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/18/2023 1:17 p.m.

Conservation agriculture for maize-legume systems with velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) as a dense cover crop is being promoted in western Kenya to address the challenges of land degradation, low crop yields, low incomes, high production costs and climate change.

• Compiler: Kennedy Were
• 05/31/2020 1:49 a.m.

Silt harvesting on riverbeds to maximise sugarcane growing in semi arid area

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 3:48 p.m.

Minimise soil disturbance to conserve soil moisture

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 09/21/2010 3:18 p.m.

Ripping of soil using oxen-drawn implements, to improve water storage capacity and cropland productivity on small-scale farms.

• Compiler: Frederick I. Kihara
• 09/13/2010 5 p.m.

Digging of planting beds to increase soil depth for higher moisture retention in the rootzone.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/05/2011 10:46 p.m.

Ox-ploughed furrow micro-catchments are intentionally built as part of seedbed preparation to harvest rainwater. Commonly used in dryland environments, the micro-catchment prolong water availability for seed germination and growth and development of the emerging seedlings.

• Compiler: Kevin Mganga
• 07/03/2017 11:39 a.m.

Conservation Agriculture is a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production that strives to achieve acceptable profits together with high and sustained production levels while concurrently conserving the environment.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 12:42 p.m.