SLM Database

Ox-ploughed furrow micro-catchments are intentionally built as part of seedbed preparation to harvest rainwater. Commonly used in dryland environments, the micro-catchment prolong water availability for seed germination and growth and development of the emerging seedlings.

• Compilador/a: Kevin Mganga
• 03/07/2017 11:39

The Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) is about people and their relationships with land. The tool as applied secures tenure through the recognition of tenure diversity and social contexts. In the management of land and resources use, STDM facilitates proper land use and management to minimize practices that lead to …

• Compilador/a: Ken Otieno
• 13/12/2017 15:59

Masonry dam in seasonal watercourse or river that stores water in the sand which accumulates above it.

• Compilador/a: Unknown User
• 06/06/2011 10:01

Pasture management and improvement through weeding comiphora

• Compilador/a: Unknown User
• 06/06/2011 16:20

The technology is a combination of agricultural (e.g. intercropping, manure/compost/mulching), vegetative (e.g. Napier grass strips, trees planting) and structural (e.g. ditches) measures which aim to maximise the overall land yield in a sustainable manner (e.g. reducing soil erosion and increasing soil quality).

• Compilador/a: Laura D'Aietti
• 27/02/2013 23:46

Conservation Agriculture is a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production that strives to achieve acceptable profits together with high and sustained production levels while concurrently conserving the environment.

• Compilador/a: Paul Kahiga
• 19/02/2015 12:42

Retention ditches, also called infiltration ditches, are larger ditches designed to catch and retain all incoming runoff for infiltration into the soil.

• Compilador/a: Paul Kahiga
• 19/02/2015 13:29

Rotational grazing is a process whereby livestock are strategically moved to fresh paddocks, or partitioned pasture areas, to allow vegetation in previously grazed pastures to regenerate.

• Compilador/a: Paul Kahiga
• 19/02/2015 11:44

Structural riverbank protection by metal nets called gabion that are filled with stones

• Compilador/a: Manuel Fischer
• 13/09/2013 12:21

Mulching is done by covering the soil surface between crop rows, around trees (mostly fruit and orchard) or vegetables with cut grass, crop residues, straw or other plant material in order to retain soil moisture, prevent or suppress weed growth and enhance soil structure.

• Compilador/a: Paul Kahiga
• 20/06/2013 09:52