SLM Database

Homestead development is a diverse, dynamic and interesting horticultural area; it appears as an agroforestry plot in a cultivated landscape surrounding it, and it is more productive than single cropping, since harvesting is continuous over a great portion of the growing season and beyond.

• Compiler: Sewalem Salele
• 10/25/2018 10:31 a.m.

Stablized bund constructed fron stone and soils on the farm land along the contour and planted with multipurposive plant species

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 05/30/2011 12:51 p.m.

Use of different mixes of plant cover for livestock fodder which are simultaneously favourable for biodiversity by improving soil health, and reducing the need for agrochemicals.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/17/2020 5:07 p.m.

A trial crop rotation system of '2+2', where a succession of two spring crops (maize) followed by two winter crops (wheat) aims to diversify cropping through rotation (sequences and intervals) while limiting weed pressure under a no-tillage system.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/14/2020 10:50 a.m.

The implementation of agroforestry in a cereal field can help aid biodiversity, that will in turn support natural pest control, improve the resilience to water and climate stress through improved infiltration, provide more shade and less wind-stress, and will improve soil health, among other benefits.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 11/22/2019 3:53 p.m.

Strip tillage to plant maize: a way to reduce soil disturbance and secure maize establishment.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/12/2020 3:52 p.m.

Hedgerows are important to shelter the functional biodiversity necessary for natural regulation of crop pests. The extent of this effect depends on hedgerow management at farm level.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 11/22/2019 12:35 p.m.

Low-maintenance hedgerows were established in 2003 at the ridges of an agro-pastoral farm common in Brittany to protect water quality, ensure animal well-being, maintain biodiversity, and for energy, timber and litter production.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/19/2020 11:36 a.m.