SLM Database

Grass strips slow down runoff, increase infiltration and retain sediment, thus increasing crop production.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8:02 a.m.

Contour bunds, built with earth or stones, increase the amount of water available to crops and vegetation, thus contributing to the restoration of degraded land

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:54 a.m.

Contour stone bunds are erosion control structures and improve water retention and infiltration into the soil, resulting in an increased harvest.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:59 a.m.

Sand dunes are stabilized with vegetation to reduce wind erosion and the amount of sand blown onto cropland, dwellings and other infrastructure.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:58 a.m.

The improved cowpea variety (IT90k372-1-2) has a short cycle, multiple resistance and is adapted to the tropical agro-ecological zone.

• Compiler: Judith Macchi
• 10/26/2016 1:19 p.m.

Pastoralism, as practiced in the case study area, is the traditional mode of extensive livestock husbandry, based on the movement of herds between the rich pastures in the northern pastoral zones (rainy season) and the southern areas (dry season) according to seasonal availability of water and grazing land / fodder …

• Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
• 11/12/2010 9:20 a.m.

Covering the soil with mulch protects it against wind and water erosion and provides nutrients which has a positive effect on yields and food security.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8:05 a.m.

Technique traditionnelle améliorée pour l'entretien des cultures qui consiste à sarcler tout en construisant des billons cloisonnés pour détruire les adventices et contrôler le ruissellement.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 06/08/2011 9:35 a.m.

The ‘couloirs de passage’ are formally defined passageways which channel the movements of livestock herds in the agro-pastoral zones of Niger, by linking pastures, water points and coralling areas, be it within village areas (internal couloirs) or on open land (external couloirs).

• Compiler: Lemma Ababu
• 11/11/2010 2:54 p.m.

A combination of three measures to stabilise dunes: area closure, the use of palisades, and vegetative fixation through natural regeneration as well as planting.

• Compiler: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 10:13 a.m.