SLM Database

Collecting rainwater in artificial trenches on hill and mountain slopes for the accumulation of water in the soil around the roots of trees planted in the trenches

• Compiler: Nikolay Zverev
• 02/02/2012 6:42 a.m.

Wooden fences are an effective and relatively cheap way of conserving soil from water erosion by decreasing overland flow. They also increase crop yield by encouraging better infiltration.

• Compiler: Faruk Ocakoglu
• 02/26/2012 3:01 p.m.

Integrating black spear grass (Heteropogon Contortus), elephant grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) and trenches into a Citrus orchard of Oranges (Citrus Sinensis) for soil and water erosion control.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/12/2017 8:58 a.m.

Ficus natalensis based agroforestry system protects crops on windy hill slopes facing Lake Victoria and reduce runoff towards the meandering Kagera River Valley.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/25/2013 3:12 p.m.

This is a system of integrated runoff water and drainage management that allows cultivation in a swampy valley bottom.

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 1:27 p.m.

Use of the manual Treadle pump is a relatively cheap and effective way to ensure adequate soil moisture to ensure crop production throughout the year.

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/07/2017 3:28 p.m.

Napier grass strips control soil erosion on annual and perennial cropland on moderately-angled to highly-angled slopes.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/18/2013 11:26 a.m.

Pine tree forests have been strategically planted on previously bare ridges and slopes to mitigate mass soil movement.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 05/17/2013 10:13 a.m.

Transformation of degraded pastureland to high quality fodder plots.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 12/13/2013 9:40 a.m.

A bench terrace is an artificial horizontal strip dug across a steep landscape, with a riser ranging between 30 and 45 degrees. Bench terraces are constructed in series and help to minimize land degradation by rainwater runoff

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 10/06/2016 9:18 a.m.