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Plastic mulching for cash crops
technologies

Plastic mulching for cash crops [Bhutan]

Plastic mulching comprises thin plastic sheets laid out on raised soil surfaces around plants to help conserve soil moisture, prevent water and wind erosion, control weeds, and regulate soil temperature. It is used in agriculture to increase crop yields. However, there are environmental concerns about soil contamination and waste disposal.

  • Compilador: Tshering Yangzom
Biogas plant
technologies

Biogas plant [Bhutan]

Biogas is a renewable fuel generated through the anaerobic digestion of organic matter like food or animal waste, typically within a biogas plant. The biogas plant is adapted to household conditions and animal waste production. While this technology benefits small-scale farmers, challenges include the cost of establishment and the need …

  • Compilador: ONGPO LEPCHA
Leaf Litter Collection for FYM Production
technologies

Leaf Litter Collection for FYM Production [Bhutan]

Leaf litter collection is the practice of collecting leaf litter from a designated forest area called sokshing and using it as bedding material for cattle. It then forms a constituent of farmyard manure which is applied to farmland.

  • Compilador: Karma Wangdi
Water Source Protection
technologies

Water Source Protection [Bhutan]

Water source protection involves protecting lakes, rivers, springs, or man-made reservoirs to avoid water pollution and damage by livestock and wild animals. In the past, the emphasis was on fencing and improving vegetation cover at the discharge point itself, but a recent focus is on groundwater recharge areas.

  • Compilador: ONGPO LEPCHA
Bench-terracing
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Bench-terracing [Bhutan]

Bench terracing is a soil conservation practice consisting of a series of level or nearly level strips running across a slope following the contour lines at certain vertical intervals. The level strips (terraces) supported by steep banks or risers made of earth or rocks, are used for cultivation. Terraces reduce …

  • Compilador: UNCCD PRAIS
Fodder grass strips (commonly known as hedgerows)
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Fodder grass strips (commonly known as hedgerows) [Bhutan]

Fodder grass strips were tried out in the reported areas, using the Napier grass species. This practice involves demarcation of contour lines along the slopes with the distance being determined by the slope angle; here, steeper the slope, shorter the distance between the hedgerow intervals, and vice-versa. Once the hedgerow …

  • Compilador: UNCCD PRAIS
Bench Terracing
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Bench Terracing [Bhutan]

Bench terracing is a technology employed in soil conservation activities. It consist of a series of level or nearly level strips running across a slope following the contour lines at certain vertical intervals. The gentler the slope, greater is the width of the terrace, and the reverse is true for …

  • Compilador: UNCCD PRAIS
Plantation
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Plantation [Bhutan]

This technology, so called “plantation” refers to wide range of activities such as plantation of: shrubs and trees, woody live cuttings, bamboo and banana rhizomes, horticultural tree crops. Generally, this technique is introduced in various places, including individual farmer’s land, communal areas and in the degraded government lands. On proper …

  • Compilador: UNCCD PRAIS
Fodder grass strips (hedgerows)
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Fodder grass strips (hedgerows) [Bhutan]

Fodder grass strips (hedgerows) were tried out in the pilot sites of Radhi gewog (Trashigang district), Nangkor gewog (Zhemgang district), and Phuentsholing gewog (Chhukha district). The fodder grass species that was grown as strips was the Napier species. The practice involves demarcation of lines along contours with the distance being …

  • Compilador: UNCCD PRAIS
Manejo de áreas degradadas en cárcavas
approaches

Manejo de áreas degradadas en cárcavas [Bolivia, Plurinational State of]

- concientización acerca de las razones del crecimiento de las cárcavas, acerca de las formas de combatir cuya ampliación sobre el papel que desempeña Promic en el proceso de la implementación. - instruir los agricultores sobre la aplicación de las tecnologías y animarlos de aplicar las tecnologías a largo plazo …

  • Compilador: Unknown User