SLM Database

Rehabilitation of degraded hillsides through the establishment of fruit trees on slope-separated orchard terraces, with bahia grass planted as protective groundcover.

• Compiler: Zhanguo Bai
• 11/30/2010 1:38 p.m.

Belts of trees, planted in a rectangular grid pattern or in strips within, and on the periphery of, farmland to act as windbreaks.

• Compiler: Meili WEN
• 12/15/2010 1:34 p.m.

Level bench terraces on the Loess Plateau, converting eroded and degraded sloping land into a series of steps suitable for cultivation.

• Compiler: Yaolin Wang
• 12/09/2010 1:36 p.m.

A protective and productive high-input agroforestry system comprising multi-purpose ditches with bunds, live barriers of grass, contour ridging, annual crops and fruit trees.

• Compiler: Mathias Gurtner
• 03/17/2011 10:30 a.m.

An agroforestry system which combines coffee with shade trees - including fruit, timber and leguminous species - in a systematic fashion.

• Compiler: Olman Quiros Madrigal
• 05/29/2011 4:07 p.m.

Rehabilitation of communal grazing lands, through planting of improved grass and fodder trees and land subdivision, to improve fodder and consequently livestock production.

• Compiler: Daniel Danano
• 05/29/2011 9:18 p.m.

Enclosing and protecting an area of degraded land from human use and animal interference, to permit natural rehabilitation, enhanced by additional vegetative and structural conservation measures.

• Compiler: Daniel Danano
• 05/29/2011 8:49 p.m.