SLM Database

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.

Water borne manuring system involves runoff water driving the manure placed in trenches to every individual citrus tree which fruits through the year.

• Compiler: Alex Lwakuba
• 02/24/2011 2:18 p.m.

Planting pits in banana plantation filled with a mixture of manure, organic material and soil, to improve soil moisture and fertility and to enhance crop production and famer's income.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 11/27/2013 10:10 a.m.

Stone lines are built along a contour to control soil erosion on a degraded steep slope.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 12/09/2013 2:31 p.m.

Transformation of degraded pastureland to high quality fodder plots.

• Compiler: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 12/13/2013 9:40 a.m.

A bench terrace is an artificial horizontal strip dug across a steep landscape, with a riser ranging between 30 and 45 degrees. Bench terraces are constructed in series and help to minimize land degradation by rainwater runoff

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 10/06/2016 9:18 a.m.

A soil and water conservation channel is an excavated trench along the contour with tie bands after an interval to trap water and soil which are being washed down the slopes by a downpour

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 11/09/2016 8:43 a.m.

Farming Gods Way is a method of farming which aims to preserve soil structure through minimum tillage, mulching with grass or plant stalks and use of organic manure for improved crop yields.

• Compiler: Philip Tibenderana
• 11/13/2016 11:23 a.m.