SLM Database

Reconstitution of soils is a pedotechnique based on the treatment of organic and non-organic pedomaterials to achieve benefits in areas with barren, degraded, desertified and/ or sealed soils.

• Compiler: Chiara Cassinari
• 10/09/2024 1:53 p.m.

Integrated soil fertility management constitutes a group of management practices aimed at increasing soil fertility and crop productivity with the local context in mind. These practices integrate the use of organic inputs, fertilizers, and better quality seeds with all inputs managed following good farming practices.

• Compiler: Moritz Laub
• 04/19/2024 9:33 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.

Lime application is a rapid way to treat soil acidity and improve productivity.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/19/2023 8 a.m.

Composting with on-farm organic solid waste management improves the soil sustainably and raises crop yields.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 02/09/2023 1:58 p.m.

Vermicomposting is an on-farm waste management strategy where worms are used for biodecomposition of wastes to produce a natural liquid fertilizer and pesticide.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/14/2023 1:14 p.m.

Application of biochar to soils in the tropics / sub-tropics improves their ability to store and supply nutrients and water for crop growth, thereby enhancing yields and food security. At the same time, biochar holds carbon in soils for extended time periods, which makes it an agricultural practice that contributes …

• Compiler: Niels Thevs
• 07/18/2022 11:56 a.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.

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.

Blocking of a gully by use of stone checks in order to impede runoff and improve soil moisture for crop production

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 5:02 p.m.