SLM Database

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.

In the Loba province of Burkina Faso, the production, storage, processing and marketing of organic cotton has been promoted since 2004 by Helvetas.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/16/2010 11:14 a.m.

Parklands are the traditional agroforestry systems of semi-arid West Africa or Sahel where naturally growing, valuable trees are protected and nurtured on cropping and grazing lands

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/05/2010 9:32 a.m.

Fenced 3 ha plots are set aside to allow for natural regeneration of highly diverse forests.

• Compiler: Franziska Kaguembèga-Müller
• 11/15/2010 2:09 p.m.

Application of Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican sunflower) as green manure

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 10/08/2010 3:02 p.m.

Apiculture (beekeeping) is a traditional practice providing a high number of non-timber forest products.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/16/2010 9:22 a.m.

It is a technique which uses the structure of a cross-slope barrier of Aloe vera to combat soil erosion by decreasing surface wash and increasing infiltration.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 10/08/2010 4:21 p.m.

Tree plantations in combination with hillside terracing to protect upper catchment areas are a widespread technology in the Central and Northern Highland Zone of Eritrea.

• Compiler: Eyob Zeremariam
• 11/15/2010 10:47 a.m.

Spate irrigation is a traditional water diversion and spreading technology.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 10/08/2010 11:05 a.m.

It is a stone wall embankment along the contour with land leveling in between two terrace walls to control erosion.

• Compiler: Daniel Danano
• 10/19/2010 6:12 p.m.