SLM Database

The methods for construction of earthen pond on slope area in adjacent to the village where it forms perennial water channels with clay soil which is unsuitable for other agricultural purposes. Therefore, Oxfam encouraged the construction of communal pond to create the interest for many households to build their own …

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 07/09/2017 3:40 a.m.

Forage and Livestock Management

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 07/02/2017 3:45 p.m.

Mai Sangphai (Bambusa oldhamii) planting technique for soil erosion control along river bank due to soil fixation by deep and widespread roots during rainy season when there are high water levels and increased flow velocity

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 05/16/2017 9:26 a.m.

Logs to reduce surface run-off during the rainy season.

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 05/18/2017 4:19 a.m.

A Local Indigenous Weir to Harness Water

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 05/19/2017 4:35 a.m.

The technique involving the creation of vegetable home gardens on sloping land was initiated through the villagers’ local insight and it has been practiced over many generations. Due to the fact that the village is located on sloping land there are limitations regarding the availability of agricultural land suitable for …

• Compiler: Khampheng Bounpanya
• 08/21/2017 6:03 a.m.

Conversion of wetland plots into fishpond.

• Compiler: kang phanvongsa
• 07/05/2017 4:34 a.m.

Cardamom planting is a non timber forest product. Wild cardamom planting take place in traditional agroforestry systems based on shifting agriculture. The objectives of this technologies are to reach sustainable forest use and to generate household income.

• Compiler: Bounthanom Bouahom
• 05/15/2017 5:36 a.m.

Coffee plants cultivated between big trees in sloping fallows for income generation as well as maintaining biodiversity and increased forest cover.

• Compiler: Vongsackda Duangvilay
• 05/29/2017 4:12 p.m.

The Al Yakloum pond collects runoff from a local catchment and water is led through a channel system alongside a farm road. Sandy particles are captured in a sediment trap before runoff enters the pond. The pond provides water to approximately 5 ha of orchard - which is irrigated through …

• Compiler: Nicola D'Alberton
• 07/07/2022 10:13 a.m.