SLM Database

Existing livestock sheds can be improved through interior and exterior refurbishing, and door and window installation. More favourable indoor conditions benefit animal health and the quality of animal products.

• Compilateur : Bettina Wolfgramm
• 27 oct. 2016 21:44

Hedgerows are vegetative strips of perennial grasses, shrubs or legumes - such as alfalfa - located along contours across a slope. These vegetative strips form a barrier to halt soil erosion and improve soil fertility. Hedgerows of alfalfa also provide quality animal fodder for a period of 5-10 years.

• Compilateur : Bettina Wolfgramm
• 27 oct. 2016 21:36

Small check dams made of stone, together with planting of trees, slow water flow and reduce further erosion in a gully, leading to its restoration.

• Compilateur : Bettina Wolfgramm
• 13 août 2016 14:53

A plan for rotational grazing has been developed to control pasture use and prevent overgrazing of rehabilitated pastures.

• Compilateur : Bettina Wolfgramm
• 27 oct. 2016 21:40

Non-fruit and fruit trees are planted on heavily degraded forest land to protect the land from erosion and further degradation and provide fuelwood for the local community.

• Compilateur : Bettina Wolfgramm
• 27 oct. 2016 21:27

Community fodder banks have been established in villages for the purpose of ensuring supplies of livestock fodder during winter, to prevent loss of livestock and to prevent over-grazing early in spring.

• Compilateur : Bettina Wolfgramm
• 27 oct. 2016 21:47

Reshaping unproductive land into a series of levelled, gently-sloping platforms creates conditions suitable for cultivation and prevents accelerated erosion.

• Compilateur : Aqila Haidery
• 19 avr. 2016 17:34