SLM Database

Drip irrigation is a method designed for minimum use of water and labour for the optimum irrigation of plants in arid and semi-arid regions.

• Compiler: Faruk Ocakoglu
• 03/01/2011 9:45 a.m.

Drip irrigation systems gradually apply water into the zone around the stem of the irrigated plant.

• Compiler: Anatoly Zeyliger
• 01/15/2011 6:09 p.m.

Waterways and pipelines to draw water from closeby rivers for irrigation and household purposes.

• Compiler: Sabita Aryal
• 01/16/2014 1:15 p.m.

Spate irrigation is a traditional water diversion and spreading technology.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 10/08/2010 11:05 a.m.

This technique makes it possible to develop unirrigated land at low cost to meet the demand for higher agricultural production and improved living conditions.

• Compiler: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8:06 a.m.

Lining canals is a powerful way to save irrigation water by minimising seepage losses, and to reduce pumping time and costs.

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

Irrigation of a young orchard using locally available and low-cost materials for a drip irrigation system in the Pamir’s arid zone

• Compiler: Aslam Qadamov
• 04/11/2011 8:19 a.m.

A climate-resilient irrigation scheme is one that aims to successfully cope with and manage the impacts of climate change while preventing those impacts on the scheme from growing worse. The pipes are retrofitted with new and climate-resilient technology. Such a climate-proof irrigation system is designed to better withstand extreme weather …

• Compiler: Tshering Yangzom
• 07/12/2023 2:49 p.m.

A cascading rock irrigation channel lined with fast growing poplar trees, constructed on rocky slopes to channel water runoff from the high mountains for human use at the valley floor.

• Compiler: Davlatbek Davlatov
• 05/03/2011 9:24 a.m.

An irrigation system which allows the slow and precise delivery of water to crops

• Compiler: Madhav Dhakal
• 06/07/2011 6:22 p.m.