SLM Database

Contour stone bunding on sloping agricultural lands reduces soil erosion and conserves soil moisture in order to retain soil productivity. It is promoted /recommended on slopes where there is adequate surface stone.

• Compilador: Nima Dolma Tamang
• 19/08/2023 14:14

Burning of rangeland (“tsamdro”) is a traditional management practice adopted by highlanders to control unpalatable grass and shrub species. This helps them produce adequate fodder for their yaks, cattle, horses, and sheep by creating a favorable environment for palatable grasses.

• Compilador: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 15/07/2023 13:35

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
• 10/07/2023 13:58

Contour hedgerows are a soil and water conservation technology that involve planting of Napier grass cuttings along contour lines on the slope at a horizontal distance of 6 m. The area between the contour hedgerows is used for crop cultivation.

• Compilador: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 15/07/2023 04:24

Protected agriculture (controlled environment agriculture) is the use of technology to modify the growing environment for crops to extend the growing period and increase yields. It can include greenhouses, shade nets or polytunnels. This technology is moderately expensive therefore it is used only for the cultivation of high-value crops and …

• Compilador: Nima Dolma Tamang
• 12/07/2023 09:42

An improved dairy shed in Bhutan is characterized by concrete floors, cement pillars and troughs, enough sunlight and ventilation, adequate water, ample space for cattle movement, as well as urine and dung collection gutters and a farmyard manure collection area.

• Compilador: Tshering Yangzom
• 23/08/2023 07:42

Sexed semen technology produces gender-selected semen for artificially insemination of dairy cows. It ensures a higher proportion of female calves (more than 90%) which will ultimately contribute to the enhancement of milk production in the herd.

• Compilador: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 06/07/2023 17:34

Soil erosion by water is one of the major problems in hilly or mountainous countries like Bhutan. In such areas, effective erosion control measures are required to reduce the slope gradient and minimize surface runoff. Among many SLM interventions, mechanical bench terracing is one of the most widely promoted and …

• Compilador: ONGPO LEPCHA
• 08/07/2023 16:05

En la zona se está implementando el uso de maquinaria pesada, lo que provoca la degradación del suelo en la producción de quinua. A partir de ello, se quiere utilizar los saberes ancestrales (uso de tecnología mixta, saberes locales e innovación tecnológica) como una alternativa para mitigar la degradación de …

• Compilador: Meliza González Cáceres
• 23/01/2015 14:18

Se trata de diques de piedras que se ubican en el lecho de los arroyos, acompañados por plantaciones alrededor de las construcciones.

• Compilador: Unknown User
• 11/11/2010 14:55