SLM Database

Rotational grazing by improved goats variety enhances/ increases soil fertility, biodiversity and production of pastures and generates farmyard manure applied on cropland.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 05/03/2017 7:26 a.m.

Fish farming supported by availability of water is considered as profitable enterprise in Northern Uganda. Farmers use areas with either high water tables or swamps to locate the ground water recharged fish ponds and water for fish production and crop irrigation during the dry season.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/08/2017 12:33 p.m.

Laying grass (Poaceae) on perennial cropped land to reduce weeds, retain soil moisture and improve soil fertility.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/11/2017 8:53 a.m.

The technology involves growing of Mangoes (Mangifera indica) and Oranges (Citrus sinensis) in the same field with the aim of conserving the environment, protecting soil from erosion, and generating income from the sale of fruits.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/11/2017 7:33 a.m.

Run off water from a hill is harnessed and concentrated in a banana plantation using diversion and retention ditches respectively.

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 11:05 a.m.

Pine tree forests have been strategically planted on previously bare ridges and slopes to mitigate mass soil movement.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 05/17/2013 10:13 a.m.

Stall-fed livestock production is an efficient method to produce organic fertilizers (manure) for the conservation and improvement of soil fertility.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 05/20/2013 8:57 a.m.

Soil erosion control for annual crops in flat land using intercropping.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 06/05/2013 2:18 p.m.

Application of animal manure on citrus trees (citrus sinensis) for improving soil productivity. Every beginning of season (March and August) 40 kg of animal manure are applied, 60 cm away from the tree trunk, using the ring method to improve soil fertility for increased yields and farm income.

• Compiler: Jalia Namakula
• 05/16/2017 12:04 p.m.

Dairy cattle (Friesian) are grazed on indigenous pastures to promotes conservation of the indigenous grass species (guinea grass), which protects the soil against soil erosion and promotes biodiversity.

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 05/19/2017 5:29 p.m.