SLM Database

Application of cattle urine through drip irrigation technology to provide constant flow of fertiliser to bitter gourd

• Compiler: Richard Allen
• 06/07/2011 12:12 p.m.

Village irrigation schemes (VISs) help to control the water supply and significantly increase yields.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/24/2014 5 p.m.

Norias are water-pumping wheels made of bamboo which are used to irrigate paddy fields in order to increase the yield.

• Compiler: Christoph Kaufmann
• 10/27/2014 3:16 a.m.

An irrigation distribution system to highland rice terraces is required for agriculture on these highland slopes. It is based on the principles of water management in the area by diversion of water from natural watersheds upstream to the agricultural land - with regulation by village community consensus.

• Compiler: Pitayakon Limtong
• 10/13/2018 5:53 a.m.

Small scale irrigation system for pasture production. This is practiced by a farmer who effectively utilized a swamp by constructing a relatively small water reservoir for watering pastures during dry season to ensure continuous pasture production all year around.

• Compiler: PRISCILLA VIVIAN KYOSABA
• 03/12/2018 2:56 p.m.

A resource-saving irrigation technology for row crops using shortened furrows, which enables significant savings of irrigation water and improves the efficiency of mineral fertilizer use on irrigated land.

• Compiler: Oyture Anarbekov
• 02/05/2014 8:38 a.m.

A 15th century irrigation system is used on a small, intercropped and manured family orchard located in Valencia, in la Vall d’Albaida county (Spain)

• Compiler: Alicia Morugán-Coronado
• 09/12/2022 10:52 a.m.

The rotational intercropping of vegetables between mango trees is a form of agroforestry. The technique aims to bear yield and income to the farmers when the trees do not bear fruit at young stage. Further purposes are the permanent soil cover which impede weed growth, reduces evaporation and soil erosion, …

• Compiler: Be Gechkim
• 05/14/2017 1:34 p.m.

Ponds are used at household level to raise fish as well as to irrigate vegetable gardens and rice seedlings

• Compiler: Christoph Kaufmann
• 10/16/2014 5:34 p.m.

The recycling of broken iron water gates which can be used to regulate the water flow into smaller side canals were reconstructed along the main irrigation canal.

• Compiler: Natalia Mityakova
• 04/26/2011 6:07 a.m.