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double dug beds - Busia experience
technologies

double dug beds - Busia experience [Kenya]

Digging of planting beds to increase soil depth for higher moisture retention in the rootzone.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Trashlines
technologies

Trashlines [Kenya]

Trashlines are lines of crop residuals that remain after harvesting, they are formed along the contours.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Paul Kahiga
Boundary Hedgerows
technologies

Boundary Hedgerows [Kenya]

A hedgerow is a line of closely spaced shrubs and tree species, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area.

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Micro-catchments for rainwater harvesting
technologies

Micro-catchments for rainwater harvesting [Kenya]

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.

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Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM)
technologies

Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) [Kenya]

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 â€Ķ

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Kitui Sand dams
technologies

Kitui Sand dams [Kenya]

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

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Agroforestry system (intercropping beans/maize) with contour ditches, strips of Napier grass, manure and organic fertilizers.
technologies

Agroforestry system (intercropping beans/maize) with contour ditches, strips â€Ķ [Kenya]

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).

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Laura D'Aietti
Conservation Agriculture
technologies

Conservation Agriculture [Kenya]

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.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Paul Kahiga