SLM Database

Improving farmyard manure (FYM) by covering it with black plastic sheeting to provide a favourable environment for microbial activities, and to conserve available nutrients and moisture

• Compiler: Madhav Dhakal
• 06/07/2011 12:17 a.m.

Smallholder farmers can use polyhouses to produce high demand vegetables, such as tomatoes, and can earn a substantial income from even a relatively small plot of land in a short time.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/12/2015 10:15 a.m.

Cleft grafting can be used to produce plants that are resistant to a number of pests and diseases and are often higher yielding than the original. Tomato seedlings can be easily grafted onto resistant root stock of the wild eggplant (Solanum sysimbrifolium) to produce a disease-resistant and commercially viable crop.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/14/2015 7:25 a.m.

The plantation of mulberry plants which are allowed to grow for the production of nutrients leaves for silkworm mulberry cultivation for silkworm.

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/08/2015 12:08 p.m.

An irrigation system that delivers small-sized water droplets through a rotating head allowing longer watering time with less runoff

• Compiler: Madhav Dhakal
• 06/07/2011 11:07 a.m.

A plastic-lined dugout pond to store runoff and household wastewater for irrigation purposes during dry periods

• Compiler: Madhav Dhakal
• 06/07/2011 11:24 a.m.

Kiwi fruit cultivation on sloping land in the mid-hill areas of Nepal can help prevent soil erosion and is a sustainable land management practice. This high value crop introduces biodiversity and improves livelihoods by providing a source of cash income.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/11/2015 10:12 a.m.

Collection of cattle urine in improved cattle sheds for use as liquid manure and organic pesticide

• Compiler: Richard Allen
• 06/06/2011 9:22 p.m.

Improved compost preparation using a range of biomass and waste to produce high value fertiliser

• Compiler: Richard Allen
• 06/07/2011 6:53 p.m.

Improving farmyard manure by protecting it from direct sunlight, rainfall, and runoff to reduce volatilisation and leaching

• Compiler: Richard Allen
• 06/07/2011 7:14 p.m.