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Existing livestock sheds can be improved through interior and exterior refurbishing, and door and window installation. More favourable indoor conditions benefit animal health and the quality of animal products.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:44 p.m.

Hedgerows are vegetative strips of perennial grasses, shrubs or legumes - such as alfalfa - located along contours across a slope. These vegetative strips form a barrier to halt soil erosion and improve soil fertility. Hedgerows of alfalfa also provide quality animal fodder for a period of 5-10 years.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:36 p.m.

Small check dams made of stone, together with planting of trees, slow water flow and reduce further erosion in a gully, leading to its restoration.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 08/13/2016 2:53 p.m.

A plan for rotational grazing has been developed to control pasture use and prevent overgrazing of rehabilitated pastures.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:40 p.m.

Non-fruit and fruit trees are planted on heavily degraded forest land to protect the land from erosion and further degradation and provide fuelwood for the local community.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:27 p.m.

Community fodder banks have been established in villages for the purpose of ensuring supplies of livestock fodder during winter, to prevent loss of livestock and to prevent over-grazing early in spring.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:47 p.m.

The Agroforestry system in Malistan district combines traditional practices with support from the Community-Based Sustainable Land and Forest Management project in Afghanistan. This initiative provides technical support, training, and resources like apple trees, fertilizers, and alfalfa seeds to establish 400 orchards (1,000 m² each). The goal is to enhance community …

• Compiler: Ahmad Zia Jalalzai
• 12/01/2024 10:42 a.m.

The learning site incorporates several key elements of the technology including a solar-powered water lifting system, three reservoirs and an adopted irrigation system. It features demonstration plots for various initiatives, such as tree planting (walnut, almond, pomegranate and mulberry, the cultivation of fodder (alfalfal Mazari palm) and and medicinal plants …

• Compiler: Mohammad Arif
• 12/23/2024 11:01 a.m.

Using a gravity-irrigation system, spring water is diverted to fill reservoirs and then distributed to fields for the restoration of degraded forest areas, with the active involvement of local communities and a focus on the sustainable use of water resources (spring water).

• Compiler: Mohammad Wazir Ahmadzai
• 01/28/2025 5:32 a.m.

Water exploitation is a major issue in Afghanistan. The lift irrigation technology helps to irrigate an afforestation/agroforestry area (demonstration plot) using surface water (rivers) and solar-powered submersible pump. The construction of reservoirs at the demo plot ensures efficient water storage and use for irrigation purposes without relying on groundwater. A …

• Compiler: Ahmad Khalid Wiyar
• 01/12/2025 11:33 a.m.