SLM Database

Cleft grafting can be used to produce plants that are resistant to a number of pests and diseases and are often higher yielding than the original. Tomato seedlings can be easily grafted onto resistant root stock of the wild eggplant (Solanum sysimbrifolium) to produce a disease-resistant and commercially viable crop.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/14/2015 7:25 a.m.

Kiwi fruit cultivation on sloping land in the mid-hill areas of Nepal can help prevent soil erosion and is a sustainable land management practice. This high value crop introduces biodiversity and improves livelihoods by providing a source of cash income.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/11/2015 10:12 a.m.

Stream banks can be protected by planting them with Salix (Salix babylonica); this is a traditional practice that has been used for streams that flow through agricultural lands.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/14/2015 5:37 a.m.

Integration of leguminous crops as intercrops on terrace risers or as relay crops

• Compiler: Richard Allen
• 06/07/2011 12:23 p.m.

The millet variety HKP, "Haini Kire Précoce" in Djerma language (finger millet in English), is a high-yielding millet variety, adapted to the Sahelian context

• Compiler: Judith Macchi
• 10/25/2016 2:14 p.m.

Multi-Nutritional Blocks for livestock are an alternative animal feed for all seasons. They are a concentrate of nutritious elements prepared from crop residues such as stalks, pods, etc.

• Compiler: Judith Macchi
• 11/02/2016 4:08 p.m.

The improved cowpea variety (IT90k372-1-2) has a short cycle, multiple resistance and is adapted to the tropical agro-ecological zone.

• Compiler: Judith Macchi
• 10/26/2016 1:19 p.m.

Technique traditionnelle améliorée pour l'entretien des cultures qui consiste à sarcler tout en construisant des billons cloisonnés pour détruire les adventices et contrôler le ruissellement.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/08/2011 9:35 a.m.

Growing variety of vegetables in salt affected soils.

• Compiler: Badria Alhosni
• 06/07/2016 11:26 a.m.

Improving fertility of saline soil applying combination of organic and inorganic fertilizers

• Compiler: Badria Alhosni
• 06/06/2016 8:33 a.m.