SLM Database

Area enclosures are a set of restoration strategies through which land is cleared of invasive species, restored using a combination of agronomic, structural, and vegetative measures, and surrounded by barriers to restrict unauthorized entry and minimize disturbance.

• Compilateur : Beatrice Otieno
• 22 mars 2018 10:41

Charcoal production from invasive Prosopis juliflora has several objectives. It has been promoted to control the spread and reduce the abundance of invasive Juliflora while generating income opportunities for poor rural households producing and selling charcoal. Wood pyrolysis is an efficient, environmentally friendly charcoal production technology through indirect heating of …

• Compilateur : Beatrice Otieno
• 27 mars 2018 10:12

To manage single-stemmed invasive Prosopis juliflora trees, it's advised to use the cut-stump treatment. This involves cutting the tree at its base (≤ 15cm above the ground) and applying a suitable herbicide to the freshly cut stump, focusing on the root collar, stump sides, and outer cut surface.

• Compilateur : Beatrice Otieno
• 22 juin 2018 11:45

This is an open-furrow system consisting barriers constructed along a water source such as a river to direct water through a conveyance system by gravity into feeder channels to cultivated land. It is a simple method entailing control of water flow rate and direction to improve water utilization efficiency and …

• Compilateur : Beatrice Otieno
• 14 mars 2018 15:37

Water harvest for agricultural production in Asals

• Compilateur : Kithinji Mutunga
• 6 juin 2011 20:19

A system of interlocking crescent shaped trenches approximately 5-12 square metres, 0.5 m deep and 0.3 m high formed down slope using the xecavated spoil

• Compilateur : Paul Mutuku Kimeu
• 5 juin 2011 22:36