SLM Database

A vegetable garden (also known as a vegetable patch or vegetable plot) is a technology promoted by small and medium scale farmers in Western Uganda to grow vegetables and other plants namely spinach, egg plants, sukuma wiki, onions and tomatoes for human consumption and income usually established in backyards.

• Compiler: PRISCILLA VIVIAN KYOSABA
• 04/01/2018 8:16 p.m.

Teak (Tectona grandis) is preferred as a timber species in northern Uganda because the tree species better endures drought conditions compared to other species such as Pine. A tree plantation of Teak is established mainly to provide timber but also sequester atmospheric carbon and act as wind break.

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/30/2017 2:24 p.m.

Using relatively cheap and locally available bamboo material to make bee hives is adaptable to local setting and reduces harvesting of large native trees

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/17/2017 4:02 p.m.

Intercropping of maize with watermelon as a land optimization strategy

• Compiler: Bernard Fungo
• 06/29/2017 2:46 p.m.

Small scale irrigation system for pasture production. This is practiced by a farmer who effectively utilized a swamp by constructing a relatively small water reservoir for watering pastures during dry season to ensure continuous pasture production all year around.

• Compiler: PRISCILLA VIVIAN KYOSABA
• 03/12/2018 2:56 p.m.

Fruit growing is one of the important and high paying branches of horticulture that involves planting of improved mango (mangifera indica) and paw paw (carica papaya)varieties in rows, with pawpaws(carica papaya) planted in between the mango(mangifera) trees with the aim of obtaining fruits for sale for income and environmental conservation.

• Compiler: PRISCILLA VIVIAN KYOSABA
• 12/05/2017 1:08 p.m.

Modern bee hives are installed on natural trees in order to conserve the environment and provide honey and income.

• Compiler: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/22/2017 7:52 a.m.