SLM Database

The ‘couloirs de passage’ are formally defined passageways which channel the movements of livestock herds in the agro-pastoral zones of Niger, by linking pastures, water points and coralling areas, be it within village areas (internal couloirs) or on open land (external couloirs).

• Compilador/a: Lemma Ababu
• 11/11/2010 14:54

A combination of three measures to stabilise dunes: area closure, the use of palisades, and vegetative fixation through natural regeneration as well as planting.

• Compilador/a: Charles Bielders
• 08/06/2011 10:13

Oasis gardens in Niger for crop, vegetable and fruit production are supplied with irrigation water from traditional wells.

• Compilador/a: Soumaila Abdoulaye
• 30/09/2010 11:24

Les murets servent à casser la vitesse de ruissellement en favorisant l'infiltration et le dépôt de terres en amont des ouvrages sur versants dénudés à sols caillouteux.

• Compilador/a: Charles Bielders
• 08/06/2011 21:55

Zai planting pits are designed to collect rainwater and to conserve nutrients in order to improve crop production and food security.

• Compilador/a: Dieter Nill
• 25/09/2014 08:00

Rehabilitation of degraded land through manured planting pits, in combination with contour stone lines. The planting pits are used for millet and sorghum production on gentle slopes.

• Compilador/a: Charles Bielders
• 07/06/2011 19:40

Nardi/Vallerani trenches are microcatchments which are made using a special tractor-pulled plough to restore degraded and encrusted forests and rangelands

• Compilador/a: Dieter Nill
• 25/09/2014 07:54

Alignement de pierres selon les courbes de niveau.

• Compilador/a: Hans Sagebiel
• 07/06/2011 19:24

Hand-dug trenches contribute to the restoration of tree cover and prevention of water erosion on slopes.

• Compilador/a: Dieter Nill
• 25/09/2014 07:57