SLM Database

Use of the manual Treadle pump is a relatively cheap and effective way to ensure adequate soil moisture to ensure crop production throughout the year.

• Compilador: Bernard Fungo
• 07/06/2017 15:28

Dry banana leaves are spread in the soil for growing banana plantation for improving soil fertility and moisture content retention.

• Compilador: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/06/2017 11:18

A percolation pit is an excavation in the ground in the pathway of water runoff to intercept the flow of the water and thereby reduce erosion and destruction of crops, settlements and other infrastructure downstream

• Compilador: Philip Tibenderana
• 07/10/2016 11:16

mulching of perrenial crops (Banans and pineapples) to conserve moisture

• Compilador: Alex Lwakuba
• 24/02/2011 13:09

Napier grass strips control soil erosion on annual and perennial cropland on moderately-angled to highly-angled slopes.

• Compilador: Wilson Bamwerinde
• 18/04/2013 11:26

Rotational grazing by improved goats variety enhances/ increases soil fertility, biodiversity and production of pastures and generates farmyard manure applied on cropland.

• Compilador: betty adoch
• 03/05/2017 07:26

Fish farming supported by availability of water is considered as profitable enterprise in Northern Uganda. Farmers use areas with either high water tables or swamps to locate the ground water recharged fish ponds and water for fish production and crop irrigation during the dry season.

• Compilador: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 08/06/2017 12:33

Laying grass (Poaceae) on perennial cropped land to reduce weeds, retain soil moisture and improve soil fertility.

• Compilador: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 11/06/2017 08:53

The technology involves growing of Mangoes (Mangifera indica) and Oranges (Citrus sinensis) in the same field with the aim of conserving the environment, protecting soil from erosion, and generating income from the sale of fruits.

• Compilador: Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 11/06/2017 07:33

Run off water from a hill is harnessed and concentrated in a banana plantation using diversion and retention ditches respectively.

• Compilador: Alex Lwakuba
• 24/02/2011 11:05