SLM Database

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

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

Erosion control by use of physical barriers and vegetative materials

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 4 p.m.

Trashlines are lines of crop residuals that remain after harvesting, they are formed along the contours.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 06/20/2013 10:35 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.

Masonry dam in seasonal watercourse or river that stores water in the sand which accumulates above it.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/06/2011 10:01 a.m.

Retention ditches, also called infiltration ditches, are larger ditches designed to catch and retain all incoming runoff for infiltration into the soil.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 1:29 p.m.

Grass reseeding is a sustainable land management practice aimed at rehabilitating degraded pastures and providing livestock feed. This is mainly carried out with indigenous perennial grass species.

• Compiler: Kevin Mganga
• 05/18/2017 10:04 a.m.

Enlarged ditch/channels that are not graded in order to collect and retain runoff from road/school (External Catchments)

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/06/2011 10:15 a.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.

A rock catchment system is a water harvesting structure comprising a bare sloping rock surface (impounded area), a constructed concrete wall at a strategic point (weir), pipeline from the weir to the storage tank(s), storage tanks and water kiosk(s) connected to the water tanks by pipelines.

• Compiler: Fredrick Ochieng
• 09/21/2016 1:50 p.m.