SLM Database

Afforestation of bare land in Herzegovina region, a vulnerable area characterized by Karst landscapes, is an SLM technique aimed to increase water-holding capacity and reduce land degradation

• Compiler: Marijana Kapović Solomun
• 02/16/2019 8:57 a.m.

Production of methane gas from cow-dung for use in house-hold cooking, heating and lighting in order to reduce fire wood demand

• Compiler: Sebego Reuben
• 11/15/2010 4:34 p.m.

Reducing the use of common agrochemicals by supporting preferred habitats of biological pest control agents like amphibians and by using alternative self-made organic pesticides.

• Compiler: Marianna Siegmund-Schultze
• 01/26/2016 11:32 a.m.

Seed of maize and soy are planted directly into the soil with a minimum previous tillage impact.

• Compiler: Stefan Hohnwald
• 06/19/2015 10:17 a.m.

Les zaï forestier est une technique de réhabilitation des terres dans le but de régénérer la végétation.

• Compiler: Sounkali SERME
• 08/25/2013 4:10 p.m.

A special tractor-pulled plow that constructs micro-catchments. It combines the traditional techniques of rainwater harvesting with mechanization for large scale land rehabilitation.

• Compiler: Sabina Galli Vallerani
• 05/03/2012 2:20 p.m.

Combining different measures such as stone rows, dikes and dams to stabilize and restore the soil and increase water infiltration. Trees alongside these structures allow an enhancement of these structural measures.

• Compiler: Rebecka Ridder
• 09/30/2016 1:43 p.m.

Compost production, and its application in planting pits (zai) by farmers on fields near their homes.

• Compiler: Moussa Bonzi
• 11/17/2010 3:06 p.m.

Les ados sont des diguettes en terres disposées en courbes de niveau dont la base est comprise entre 0,7 m et 1 m et dont la hauteur vaut 0,5 m.

• Compiler: Sounkali SERME
• 12/16/2012 2:31 p.m.

Les boulis : ce sont des ouvrages de forme ovale ou circulaire de 60 m de long et 4 à 6 m de profondeur, creusés dans le sol et destinés à collecter les eaux de ruissellement pour des usages divers (maraîchage, pépinières pour maraîchage et essences agroforestières en saison sèche) …

• Compiler: SAWADOGO Hamado
• 12/15/2012 5:11 p.m.