SLM Database

Infrastructure of stone, mortar and concrete, built along the waterline, with the aim of retaining sediment dragged by water runoff.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 09/25/2013 11:23 a.m.

Afforestation is one of the key technologies to address the fragility of ecosystems: it provides better protection against erosion and makes better use of rainfall in order to maintain the sustainability of agricultural systems.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 08/05/2011 11:45 a.m.

Small walls of stone built on hillsides with slopes generally greater than 40%, second-level curves, which ensures a good infiltration and contributes to reducing the erosive power of water runoff.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 09/25/2013 11:24 a.m.

Vegetative measure based on the planting of the bush, Leucaena leucocephala, on line along the level curves in the steep slopes

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 09/25/2013 11:28 a.m.

It is a technique which uses the structure of a cross-slope barrier of Aloe vera to combat soil erosion by decreasing surface wash and increasing infiltration.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 10/08/2010 4:21 p.m.

Platforms created in series along the slopes, separated by punch of stone, vertical, reduced the length of slopes and facilitating the infiltration of water and increasing production

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 09/25/2013 11:27 a.m.