SLM Database

Elephant grass (Pennisteum purpureum) and calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus), are harvested and chopped using a chaff cutter to produce fodder for dairy cows. The chaff is then mixed with cotton seed cake, molasses and maize bran to improve palatability and nutrient quality for dairy cows. The cattle graze in paddocks during …

• 编制者： Aine Amon
• 01/31/2018 11:01 a.m.

Zero grazing by cut and carry feeding. The cows do not graze but are confined inside the stall, feed and water is provided for the animals.

• 编制者： Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/10/2017 3:43 p.m.

Integrating black spear grass (Heteropogon Contortus), elephant grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) and trenches into a Citrus orchard of Oranges (Citrus Sinensis) for soil and water erosion control.

• 编制者： Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 06/12/2017 8:58 a.m.

Trenches commonly referred to as “fanny juu, fanya chini” increase water infiltration and reduce soil erosion.

• 编制者： Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/17/2017 11:43 a.m.

Waterhole is excavated for abstracting underground water for watering livestock as well as irrigating crops during the dry season.

• 编制者： Kamugisha Rick Nelson
• 05/18/2017 1:21 p.m.

A portable wooden frame solar drier with polythene cover used for drying low moisture content crop produce such as chili and maize. The crop is placed inside the drier and takes 2-3 days to dry depending on the humidity and moisture content at harvest.

• 编制者： Sunday Balla Amale
• 12/20/2017 4:56 p.m.

Ficus natalensis based agroforestry system protects crops on windy hill slopes facing Lake Victoria and reduce runoff towards the meandering Kagera River Valley.

• 编制者： Wilson Bamwerinde
• 04/25/2013 3:12 p.m.

Improving soil fertility for both animal and perennial crops on flat area using mulching.

• 编制者： Wilson Bamwerinde
• 05/13/2013 8:47 a.m.

Digging trenches on a gentle slope in banana plantation in Rwerazi.

• 编制者： Wilson Bamwerinde
• 05/15/2013 3 p.m.

Fallowing in the cultivated land that is left unseeded for one or more growing seasons , to regain fertility for crops and its on a hill slope.

• 编制者： Wilson Bamwerinde
• 06/04/2013 10:27 a.m.