Silvi Pasture

Type: Technologies

Creation: 2011-06-02 20:11   Updated: 2019-09-04 22:35

Compilers: Unknown User

Reviewers: Fabian Ottiger, Alexandra Gavilano

Country/ region/ locations where the Technology has been applied and which are covered by this assessment
  • Country: India
  • Region/ State/ Province: Madhya Pradesh
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Description of the SLM Technology

Short description of the Technology

Regeneration of degraded hill side using structural, vegetative & managerial measures.

Detailed description of the Technology

Managerial Measures : awareness generation amongst community, users groups, area closure, cut & carry system; Structural Measures :- contour trenches, gully plugs, sunken structure for run off and erosion control; Vegetative Measures :- seeding of grasses and shrubs, plantation of dryland fruit & forest tree species, vegetative barriers across slopes & gullies.

Purpose of the Technology: Short term benefits :- increased fodder availability, increase in well water levels, increased soil moisture in foot hill crop lands; Long term benefits :- environmental regeneration leading to increased production from non-arable & surrounding arable lands.

Photos of the Technology

Image Artist's impression of SWC Technology are.
Artist's impression of SWC Technology are.
  • 🗓 2002-03-10
  • 📷 Vipin Sharma
Image Overview of Tikhi Hill before treatment (year 1998)
Overview of Tikhi Hill before treatment (year 1998)
  • 🗓 2002-03-10
  • 📷 Nand Kishore Upadhyay, India