SLM Database

Gliricidia sepium locally known as "kakawate" served as live trellis / or anchorage for annual crops (mostly creeping-type vegetables) and erosion control measure. The technology is well-adopted in the community providing immediate food for the farmers and increased income due to diversified farming.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 03/11/2017 7:16 a.m.

Artificial Reef is a fish aggregating device that is considered as a sustainable alternative in the islands of Bohol. This technology can withstand the effects of gale warning, typhoons and extreme heat.

• Compiler: Keeshia Lynn Marie Austria
• 08/15/2017 5:38 a.m.

Piling of stones and rocks along the contour to control run-off and soil erosion. It is also about the creation of small basins by removing stones and using them as barriers.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 03/16/2011 6:04 p.m.

Planting of economic crops/forages in strips along the contour to control soil loss through erosion.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 06/14/2011 7:28 p.m.

Gaps in vegetation or other combustible material that act as barriers to prevent and/ or control the spreading of forest fires to other areas.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 12/11/2015 3:56 a.m.

An indigenous technology of enhancing wildling growth by pressing of cogon grass.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 12/11/2015 2:18 a.m.

Modified Rapid Composting is the in situ decomposition of rice straw using compost fungus activator, Trichoderma harzianum or Effective Microorganism, that helps in utilizing the residual Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (NPK) from the decomposed rice straw.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 02/29/2016 3:58 a.m.

Mangroves "bakauan" are planted in the island coast to form barriers and as first line of defense during storm surges.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 09/21/2016 9:10 a.m.

Cultivating a mixture of crops with different heights (multi-storey) and growth characteristics which together optimise the use of soil, moisture and space.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 06/14/2011 6:46 p.m.

Terraces supporting rainfed paddy rice on steep mountain slopes: these have been in existence for more than a thousand years.

• Compiler: Philippine Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
• 03/16/2011 1:07 p.m.