Traditional Shifting Cultivation [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Traditional shifting cultivation is a rain-fed cultivation practice of the trible people of CHT (Chittagong Hill Tracts) for their subsistence, where natural vegetation is cleared off by slash-and-bur...
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👤 Compiler: Abdul Gafur
🕒 Created: 2010-11-04 13:46
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-07 09:14
Valley floor paddy terraced cultivation [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Valley floor cultivation practiced by the rehabilitated tribal farmers through intensifying cultivation.
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👤 Compiler: Niaz Ahmed Khan
🕒 Created: 2010-11-04 14:50
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:26
Hill Agroforestry [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Mixed fruits gardening on hill slope with forest trees on hill top and bamboo at the lower part of the hill.
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👤 Compiler: Jalal Uddin Md. Shoaib
🕒 Created: 2010-11-03 15:19
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:22
Multipurpose Earthen Dam [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Artificial earthen dam constructed in the narrow valley of the hills for water harvesting, aquaculture, house hold uses and irrigation.
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👤 Compiler: Sankar Paul
🕒 Created: 2010-11-03 16:50
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:19
Floating gardens in the wetlands (locally called "Haor" a low lying water body), which serve for vegetable cultivation.
Floating Garden [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Floating Garden is a traditional technology, practiced in the southern parts of Bangladesh locally called “Baira” or “Dhap”. The technology allows producing crops, vegetables and seedlings in areas wh...
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👤 Compiler: Shamim Ahamed
🕒 Created: 2016-10-09 11:31
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:18
Riverbank establishment along the river side_east to west
Riverbank stabilization [Afghanistan] [technologies]


A low cost and an easy activity for protecting agricultural lands, gardens and public infrastructure from the damages of flash flood.
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👤 Compiler: Aqila Haidery
🕒 Created: 2015-10-12 15:42
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:13
Micro-irrigation canal in Poplar plantation
Micro irrigation in poplar plantation [Afghanistan] [technologies]


Micro irrigation canal system for supplying water to poplar plantations on sloping lands.
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👤 Compiler: Aqila Haidery
🕒 Created: 2014-05-10 14:38
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:09
Alfalfa planted on south-facing terraces beneath apple and apricot fruit trees
Alfalfa intercropping in terraced fruit orchard [Afghanistan] [technologies]


Terraced orchard with alfalfa cultivation for fruit and fodder production and soil and water conservation.
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👤 Compiler: Aqila Haidery
🕒 Created: 2014-05-16 13:14
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:08
An overview of continuous contour trenches at Sourakhak watershed. Also in picture are a few terraces
Contour Tied Trench [Afghanistan] [technologies]


Trenches with soil bunds constructed in a tied manner along contour lines to trap surface runoff and sediments from degraded uplands
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👤 Compiler: Aqila Haidery
🕒 Created: 2011-06-26 12:15
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:05
An overview of a community bakery from inside. The bakeries and his assistant are showing the Dash/oven using a torch.
Community bakery [Afghanistan] [technologies]


A sustainable option for bread baking and reducing shrub consumption
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👤 Compiler: Aqila Haidery
🕒 Created: 2013-01-05 09:25
🔄 Updated: 2019-03-06 15:02