SLM Database

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

• 编制者： Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 1:29 p.m.

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.

• 编制者： Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 11:44 a.m.

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

• 编制者： Manuel Fischer
• 09/13/2013 12:21 p.m.

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.

• 编制者： Paul Kahiga
• 06/20/2013 9:52 a.m.

Artificial grassed waterways are constructed waterways established for transportation of concentrated flow at safe velocities using adequate vegetation.

• 编制者： Paul Kahiga
• 06/20/2013 10:22 a.m.

Fanya juu terraces stabilized with nappier grass and sweet potatoes are earth bunds created by digging a trench along a contour and throwing the soil up slope to form an embankment that is stabilized with nappier grass and during maintenance phase, the accumulated sediments are removed and thrown on the …

• 编制者： Paul Kahiga
• 02/19/2015 12:54 p.m.

Les arbres de Grevillea robusta à usage multiples sont plantés le long les limites des champs, sur les talus des terraces et des fois dispersés dans les champs.

• 编制者： Ceris A. Jones
• 10/27/2010 12:09 p.m.

management of runoff water on the road and its environment to reduce land degradation

• 编制者： James Gatero Njuki
• 06/05/2011 10:14 p.m.

Grass reseeding is a sustainable land management practice aimed at rehabilitating degraded pastures and providing livestock feed. This is mainly carried out with indigenous perennial grass species.

• 编制者： Kevin Mganga
• 05/18/2017 10:04 a.m.

Enlarged ditch/channels that are not graded in order to collect and retain runoff from road/school (External Catchments)

• 编制者： Unknown User
• 06/06/2011 10:15 a.m.