SLM Database

The Dyker consists of a set of wheels with three to four inclined shovels each. Attached to the rear end of the planting machine, it digs holes into the bottom of the furrows between the potato hills.

• Compiler: Deborah Niggli
• 03/29/2016 12:29 p.m.

Ancient abandonned terraces, formerly used as cropland, were rehabilitated and are used for hay production and grazing mainly without irrigation

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 04/11/2014 10:40 a.m.

Maize strip tillage is a technology used for corn cultivation. It cultivates only thoses stripes in which the seed is added to.

• Compiler: Nicole Guedel
• 03/14/2011 3:23 p.m.

Das von Erosion betroffene und gefährdete Feld wurde mittels eines Ackersaums so abgegrenzt, dass Bodenverlust und off-site Schäden durch zukünftige Ereignisse vermindert oder verhindert werden.

• Compiler: Deborah Niggli
• 06/23/2015 7:17 p.m.

Naturally growing or sown perennial grasses/herbs providing cover between rows in sloping vineyards, where the vines are usually oriented up and down slope.

• Compiler: Nicole Guedel
• 03/16/2011 10:28 a.m.

Hinter der Kartoffelsetzmaschine angehängt, gräbt der Dyker (Lochstern) mit seinen Schaufelrädern Löcher in die Sohle der Furchen zwischen den Kulturdämmen.

• Compiler: Deborah Niggli
• 09/01/2015 10:12 a.m.

Runoff harvesting through annually constructed V-shaped microcatchments, enhanced by downslope ploughing.

• Compiler: Francis Turkelboom
• 03/10/2011 2:25 p.m.