SLM Database

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.

The nine maize pits is a type of SLM technology whereby, a planting pits measuring (2*2*2) feet are dug along a contour and maize planted in the pit at a spacing of (30*30) cm. The top soil is mixed with FYM and the spaces in between are left un-ploughed.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 1:22 p.m.

“Push-Pull” is a technology to efficiently control pests and progressively improves soil fertility.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/16/2010 2:35 p.m.

Повышение урожайности сельскохозяйственных растений и улучшение физико-химических свойств почвы через использование зеленых удобрений.

• Compiler: Dzhumabaeva Salamatkhan
• 06/27/2019 1:17 p.m.

Организация севооборотов как путь эффективного использования земель с учетом экономических интересов землевладельцев и землепользователей, а также экологических и экономических факторов.

• Compiler: Dzhumabaeva Salamatkhan
• 06/27/2019 9:14 a.m.