SLM Database

Principle of the excavated disposition of phytomeliorants on a pasturable lands of deserted zone of the Kazakhstan with the purpose of accumulation of an additional moisture and protection of territory against wind erosion

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 01/20/2009 midnight

The approach of groove fastening sandy-loam and sandy soils of the Aral sea's drained bottom

• Compiler: Vladimir Kaverin
• 01/20/2009 midnight

Promoting mucuna seed processing for food and nutrition security and income generation encourages women farmers to plant mucuna as a cover crop that improves soil productivity.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/14/2023 4:28 a.m.

Community Resource Persons (CRP) form a farmer-to-farmer learning approach that bridges the gap in agricultural extension, increases farmers' access to agricultural information (SLM knowledge), and increases the adoption of SLM practices.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/15/2023 2:31 p.m.

Promoting the values of different trees and their benefits in agroforestry contributes to increased adoption by farmers.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 03/20/2023 10:04 a.m.

Improving farmers' access to minimum tillage tools is an approach to increasing the adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) through linking them to institutions that fabricate the tools.

• Compiler: William Akwanyi
• 04/27/2023 6:45 a.m.

The Regreening Africa project identifies key individuals within the community who are then trained on land restoration through beekeeping. Through this "training of trainers" approach the trainees then train others.

• Compiler: Grace Koech
• 01/23/2023 5:59 a.m.

The establishment of a community wildlife conservancy facilitates (1) 'holistic rangeland management' refering to a to the implementation of a suite of management practices aimed at sustaining and/or improving rangeland productivity such as 'bunched grazing' (livestock concentrated for short duration intensive grazing), short-term 'bomas' (livestock corrals occupied for ~7 days), …

• Compiler: Harry Wells
• 02/19/2018 7:04 a.m.

Selected livestock are bought from the communities, then fattened and marketed by the Mugie conservancy management on a ‘resource sharing’ basis – generating income for both the conservancy and the community. This encourages the development of local value chains and market-based incentives for better rangeland management and animal husbandry outside …

• Compiler: Peter Tyrrell
• 03/02/2018 8:29 a.m.

Government of Kenya (GoK) is implementing the Kenya Livestock Insurance Program (KLIP). KLIP is a GoK funded drought insurance program for vulnerable pastoralists located in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya. KLIP’s overall objective is to reduce the risk of livestock mortality emanating from drought. This is intended …

• Compiler: Duncan Collins Khalai
• 11/21/2017 2:47 p.m.