SLM Database

Progressive terracing technology is established through successive deposits of sediments behind (upstream) any anti-erosional structure, in this case contour strips of vetiver grass (vetiveria zizanioides). To better stabilize the slopes in the long-term, trees are planted downstream of the vetiver hedges.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 10/19/2017 2:29 p.m.

Agroforestry is a way of incorporating agricultural land with trees, crops and / or livestock. The technology increases and diversifies production, generating social, economic and environmental benefits. In addition, planted around houses, trees offer protection against hurricanes.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 10/23/2017 3:23 p.m.

Some crops such as corn, beans or potatoes, require weeding especially if no herbicides are applied. Weed control is done by manual ploughing with pickaxes and hoes.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 10/20/2017 12:13 p.m.

Agroforestry is a way of incorporating agricultural land combining trees and crops and / or livestock. The technology increases and diversifies production, generating social, economic and environmental benefits. In addition, planted around houses, trees offer hurricane protection.

• Compiler: Joana Eichenberger
• 02/01/2019 10:55 a.m.

Terra Preta raised garden beds are a combination of techniques from permaculture and the production of Terra Preta, an anthrosol. These garden beds, which were created with local resources, are highly fertile and enable the production of much higher yields than traditional techniques, while diminishing soil erosion.

• Compiler: Karl Harald Bier
• 12/14/2016 5:29 p.m.

Le traitement des ravines vise à réduire l'érosion et à éviter la propagation des ravines, à l'aide de divers procédés tels que la végétalisation, les haies vives ou les seuils en pierres sèches, qui diminuent l'énergie des eaux de ruissellement dans les ravines.

• Compiler: Antoine Kocher
• 08/05/2016 3:23 p.m.