SLM Database

The Dedha grazing system is an ancient, traditional governance system for land and its resources practiced by Boran pastoralists. It carefully balances how pastoralists use rangeland resources. The basis of the technology is three grazing rangeland governance zones: wet season grazing, dry season grazing, and drought reserves. There is also …

• Compiler: IBRAHIM JARSO
• 02/21/2018 2:58 p.m.

Conservation agriculture for maize-legume systems with velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) as a dense cover crop is being promoted in western Kenya to address the challenges of land degradation, low crop yields, low incomes, high production costs and climate change.

• Compiler: Kennedy Were
• 05/31/2020 1:49 a.m.

Protection of the riparian zone at Kapingazi River by leaving it undisturbed of human interference

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 07/03/2013 9:57 a.m.

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a proven SLM Technology to restore degraded wasteland and improve depleted farmland. The farmer regu- lates and facilitates the re-growth of existing trees stumps, or self-sown seeds in the soil, and thus promotes soil fertility and through better ground cover, increases protection from runoff …

• Compiler: Thomas Kalytta
• 08/04/2016 10:40 a.m.

Silt harvesting on riverbeds to maximise sugarcane growing in semi arid area

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 3:48 p.m.

A riparian area that is frequently flooded requires a special treatment because conventional agriculture is not possible. Trees along the riverbank and Napier grass on the remaining space still allow a productive use despite the difficult circumstances.

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 01/28/2013 11:23 a.m.

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 10:16 a.m.

Livestock movements are managed through community governance systems to maintain spatial and temporal heterogeneity of pasture, creating a gradient of quality and quantity of pasture across the landscape. This is achieved through clearly designated seasonal grazing areas for livestock and tight controls on settlement areas, grazing patterns and water points. …

• Compiler: Peter Tyrrell
• 02/01/2018 11:19 a.m.

Stonelines are constructed along the contours to slow down the speed of runoff, filter the soil and enhance water infiltration.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 06/13/2013 1:19 p.m.

Erosion control by use of physical barriers and vegetative materials

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 06/06/2011 4 p.m.