SLM Database

The technology used is improved stove. An improved stove is a device that is designed to consume less fuel and save cooking time,convenient in cooking process and creates smokeless environment or reduction in volume of smoke against the traditional stove.

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/16/2014 5:48 p.m.

No-till is a farming system in which the seeds are planted directly into untilled soil which still contains the previous crop residues. No-till cultivation of garlic is practiced in the tropical lowland districts of western Nepal where garlic is sown directly into the soil after the paddy is harvested.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/06/2015 10:07 a.m.

A traditional low-cost method of soil conservation suitable for sloping land; it promotes water retention and helps prevent erosion.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/10/2015 6:52 a.m.

A treadle pump is a foot operated water lifting device that can be used by smallholder farmers to irrigate their land in places where the water table is high.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/13/2015 7:39 a.m.

Waterways and pipelines to draw water from closeby rivers for irrigation and household purposes.

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/16/2014 1:15 p.m.

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

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/17/2014 5:53 a.m.

The technology adopted is a treatment plant that treats and purifies waste water being discharged from the hospital biologically.

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/16/2014 11:05 a.m.

An indigenous technology to help control channelled water during the rainy season and conserve it during the dry season

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/10/2015 10:27 a.m.

Local materials and knowledge can be used to construct low-cost structural measures that help to prevent the erosion of riverbanks and the loss of agricultural and residential land.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/13/2015 11:34 a.m.

Stream banks can be protected by planting them with Salix (Salix babylonica); this is a traditional practice that has been used for streams that flow through agricultural lands.

• Compiler: Shreedip Sigdel
• 08/14/2015 5:37 a.m.