SLM Database

Planting a halophyte - Dixie grass (Sporobolus verginicus) - aims to increase the area of land usable by farmers and to prevent expansion of severely saline soils. Dixie grass can be utilised as cattle feed. The Land Development Department has been involved in developing and disseminating this technology.

• Compiler: Kamontip Sasithorn
• 10/30/2018 2:54 a.m.

Cut-off drain is a drainage ditch dug to quickly drain water out of sloping agricultural land.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 03/06/2011 6:08 p.m.

A conservation cropping system utilizing vegetative method for controlling erosion

• Compiler: Samran Sombatpanit
• 03/06/2011 6:59 p.m.

Terraces with narrow beds, used for growing tea, coffee, and horticultural crops on hillsides cleared from forests.

• Compiler: Samran Sombatpanit
• 03/06/2011 1:53 p.m.

The organic farming was initiated by a group of Yasothon farmers since 1989 to produce organic rice and vegetables. The organic fertilizers used are the compost made from farm products and animal dungs, bio-fermented liquid from kitchen wastes and crotalaria as green manure.

• Compiler: Suwannapa B00njongrak
• 11/02/2018 10:32 a.m.

Utilization of continuous bench terrace (3 meters based) as sustainable soil and water conservation measure for tea plantation in slopping area of the northern Thailand

• Compiler: Pitayakon Limtong
• 12/21/2018 10:01 a.m.

Salinity and associated land degradation in parts of the Northeast of Thailand limits production. Knowledge of saline soil management was integrated into an organic agriculture system: dolomite application adjusted pH levels, manure increased the soil's organic matter, while fermented bio-extracts stimulated root systems. Yields of chili pepper and parsley improved …

• Compiler: Laksamee Mettpranee
• 08/08/2024 4:19 a.m.

Shelterbelts made of leguminous trees and shrubs protect annual crops from wind erosion.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 10/26/2010 12:04 p.m.