SLM Database

Minimise soil disturbance to conserve soil moisture

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 09/21/2010 3:18 p.m.

Ripping of soil using oxen-drawn implements, to improve water storage capacity and cropland productivity on small-scale farms.

• Compiler: Frederick I. Kihara
• 09/13/2010 5 p.m.

Terrace bund in association with a ditch, along the contour or on a gentle lateral gradient. Soil is thrown on the upper side of the ditch to form the bund, which is often stabilised by planting a fodder grass.

• Compiler: Kithinji Mutunga
• 10/19/2010 3:17 p.m.

Tree line with adjacent grass strips as example of a productive and protective riparian area at Kapingazi River

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 01/11/2013 3:21 p.m.

The grazing principles of a Masai group ranch (pastoralists) deal with high numbers of livestock in semi-arid lands with very limited water resources. Makurian has abandoned "Holistic Management" principles and applies a more traditional management system today. There is a grazing plan for the rains, while during the dry season …

• Compiler: Michael Herger
• 07/21/2017 12:14 p.m.

Digging of planting beds to increase soil depth for higher moisture retention in the rootzone.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/05/2011 10:46 p.m.

Riverbank erosion and biodiversity decline in the riparian area can be overcome by leaving the natural vegetation undisturbed.

• Compiler: Manuel Fischer
• 09/13/2013 12:20 p.m.

Trashlines are lines of crop residuals that remain after harvesting, they are formed along the contours.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 06/20/2013 10:35 a.m.

A hedgerow is a line of closely spaced shrubs and tree species, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area.

• Compiler: Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 1:02 p.m.

Ox-ploughed furrow micro-catchments are intentionally built as part of seedbed preparation to harvest rainwater. Commonly used in dryland environments, the micro-catchment prolong water availability for seed germination and growth and development of the emerging seedlings.

• Compiler: Kevin Mganga
• 07/03/2017 11:39 a.m.