SLM Database

Assisted natural regeneration (ANR) is an agroforestry technique, which consists in protecting and preserving tree seedlings growing naturally on cropland or forest/rangeland.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8:05 a.m.

Les tranchées fonctionnent comme des micro-retenues permettant d'intercepter des eaux de ruissellement et de les stocker

• Compiler: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 9:35 p.m.

Contour bunds, built with earth or stones, increase the amount of water available to crops and vegetation, thus contributing to the restoration of degraded land

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:54 a.m.

Contour stone bunds are erosion control structures and improve water retention and infiltration into the soil, resulting in an increased harvest.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:59 a.m.

Covering the soil with mulch protects it against wind and water erosion and provides nutrients which has a positive effect on yields and food security.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8:05 a.m.

The ‘couloirs de passage’ are formally defined passageways which channel the movements of livestock herds in the agro-pastoral zones of Niger, by linking pastures, water points and coralling areas, be it within village areas (internal couloirs) or on open land (external couloirs).

• Compiler: Lemma Ababu
• 11/11/2010 2:54 p.m.

Les murets servent à casser la vitesse de ruissellement en favorisant l'infiltration et le dépôt de terres en amont des ouvrages sur versants dénudés à sols caillouteux.

• Compiler: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 9:55 p.m.

Zai planting pits are designed to collect rainwater and to conserve nutrients in order to improve crop production and food security.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8 a.m.

Nardi/Vallerani trenches are microcatchments which are made using a special tractor-pulled plough to restore degraded and encrusted forests and rangelands

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:54 a.m.

Hand-dug trenches contribute to the restoration of tree cover and prevention of water erosion on slopes.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:57 a.m.