SLM Database

A buffer strip of grass is left uncultivated in the middle of an area of steep sloping cropland to help reduce soil erosion.

• Compiler: Erik Bühlmann
• 01/26/2011 9:22 a.m.

Forward sloping terraces stabilised with aligned poplar trees and adjacent grass strips

• Compiler: Erik Bühlmann
• 03/03/2011 10:37 a.m.

Passive solar greenhouses heated entirely by sunlight were established with the aim to produce vegetables for commercial use during the harsh winter conditions.

• Compiler: Julie Zähringer
• 05/13/2011 7:39 a.m.

Using environmentally friendly phytopesticides, made from natural plant extracts to help combat pests and diseases.

• Compiler: Rustam Kalandarov
• 05/05/2011 11:42 a.m.

Vertical growing of potatoes in pits, by the gradual addition of further layers of soil.

• Compiler: Rustam Kalandarov
• 05/04/2011 12:42 p.m.

Coloured pheromone traps are set up in agricultural fields to attract and eradicate flying insect pests.

• Compiler: Firdavs Faizulloev
• 04/14/2011 12:42 p.m.

Growing crops in solar greenhouses to support a year round crop yield.

• Compiler: Rustam Kalandarov
• 04/28/2011 7:53 a.m.

Tree nurseries are established to test and identify varieties of tree species that are tolerant to climate change in the region.

• Compiler: Julie Zähringer
• 05/12/2011 6:26 a.m.

A fenced enclosure transformed with stone clearing and a small scale irrigation system, to grow a wide range of perennial, annual and orchard crops, beekeeping and small scale animal production.

• Compiler: Habib Kamolidinov
• 05/03/2011 8:44 a.m.

Conversion of a stony plot of land into an apricot orchard and use for production of fodder.

• Compiler: Pjotr M Sosin
• 05/03/2011 8:27 a.m.