SLM Database

Plastic tanks of 50 to 100 liters of water with taps are placed on high platforms. Perforated plastic tubes allow water to flow and drip irrigate vegetable patches. Home gardening, once established can be carried out throughout the year.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 06/08/2017 1:04 p.m.

Local rabbits are kept in a shade made of wood, iron sheet and wire mesh for manure production with the aim of obtaining animal manure for soil fertility improvement thus increasing vegetable and fruits production and household income.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 07/01/2017 2:44 p.m.

Crop rotation is a common practice used by farmers in northern Uganda. It involves the growing a series of different types of crops in the same field in sequential seasons to improve soil fertility, nutrition, income and food security .

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 05/31/2017 2:36 p.m.

Mixed Cropping of coffee (Coffea Canephora) , banana (Musa) and onions (Allium cepa) is a sustainable traditional land management practice that involves the growing of two or more crops (coffee, banana and onions) at the same time on the same field by smallholder farmers for increased production, food security and …

• Compiler: Babirye Irene
• 02/02/2018 3:41 p.m.

Sack gardening is a technology that consists of a series of sacks that are filled with manure, soil and small stones that enable water to drain, from the tops and sides of the sacks, often referred to as multi-stoney gardens to increase production.

• Compiler: Babirye Irene
• 03/22/2018 10:15 a.m.

Taungya agro-forestry system (citrus,maize and cassava) involves the planting of crops in young tree plantations. The food crops are normally planted with trees to provide shade for the young seedlings especially during the dry season; the crop litter acts as mulch and compost after decomposition thereby regulating soil temperature, and …

• Compiler: Jalia Namakula
• 06/13/2017 8:45 a.m.

Mushroom (agaricus bisporus) cultivation is one of the profitable technologies promoted by small and medium scale farmers in urban setting fetching good returns on investment within a period of 30 days with the aim of obtaining tremendous nutritional benefits, employment and additional income gained by both farmers and suppliers of …

• Compiler: Sarah Babirye
• 03/21/2018 2:23 p.m.

Trenches commonly referred to as contour trenches and running perpendicular to a slope increase water infiltration and reduce soil erosion as a way of conserving soil.

• Compiler: Sarah Babirye
• 12/06/2017 1:40 p.m.

Compost manure production is a sustainable land management practice promoted by small scale farmers by using banana, cassava, sweet potato peelings, jack fruit residues and food left overs. The aim is to improve soil fertility, increase agricultural production and household income. The technology makes nutrients more readily available to plants …

• Compiler: Sarah Babirye
• 12/05/2017 1:14 p.m.

A vegetable garden (also known as a vegetable patch or vegetable plot) is a technology promoted by small and medium scale farmers in Western Uganda to grow vegetables and other plants namely spinach, egg plants, sukuma wiki, onions and tomatoes for human consumption and income usually established in backyards.

• Compiler: PRISCILLA VIVIAN KYOSABA
• 04/01/2018 8:16 p.m.