Eucalyptus camaldulensis  in double rows on a rice bund
Planting Eucalyptus on rice bunds to lower saline groundwater [Thailand] [technologies]


Eucalyptus camaldulensis variety H4 is salt tolerant and has the ability to lower shallow saline groundwater levels; as a result salinity is controlled. Planting eucalyptus on one or two sides of the...
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👤 Compiler: Areerat Wangkaew
🕒 Created: 2018-10-03 08:19
🔄 Updated: 2020-12-29 11:17
Seedbed preparation and spillways construction. Top Left: The construction of the stone dikes. Top Right: Soil leveling of the fields for improved water infiltration. Bottom Left: Local community workers inspecting the dike. Bottom Right: A well prepared seedbed after leveling.
Marab - Water Harvesting Based Floodplain Agriculture [Jordan] [technologies]


The Marab is a local downstream water harvesting measure in an integrated watershed context, where up/midstream users and applied land management practices affect the Marab. The technology diverts a...
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👤 Compiler: Joren Verbist
🕒 Created: 2020-05-25 09:19
🔄 Updated: 2020-12-21 09:51
Erosion protection by fencing and reduction of grazing and trampling pressure, Ehen.
Community-based approach in Erosion Control [Azerbaijan] [approaches]


The unsustainable use of pastures and forest areas leads to erosion, degradation, desertification and loss of biodiversity in high mountain areas of the South Caucasus. In the village Ehen in the Isma...
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👤 Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
🕒 Created: 2019-09-10 11:54
🔄 Updated: 2020-08-31 19:36
Heavy grazing and trampling can lead to heavy degradation of pastureland. Shenako, Akhmeta Municipality.
Remote Sensing as a Tool for Land Degradation Neutrality Monitoring [Georgia] [technologies]


Land degradation contributes to biodiversity loss and the impoverishment of rural livelihoods in Tusheti. Above all, however, land degradation are triggered by climate change as traditional land use p...
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👤 Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
🕒 Created: 2019-08-23 11:21
🔄 Updated: 2020-08-31 13:00
Pasture management workshop in Tusheti with local stakeholders
Integrated Pasture Management Planning in Mountainous Regions [Georgia] [approaches]


The unsustainable use of pastures and forest areas has led to soil erosion, degradation, desertification and loss of biodiversity in the high mountain areas of the South Caucasus. The development of p...
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👤 Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
🕒 Created: 2019-08-27 11:32
🔄 Updated: 2020-08-21 17:03
Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) method in rice cultivation at degraded High Barind Tract, Rajshahi (picture showed in early tiller stage)
Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) method in rice cultivation [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Alternative Drying and Wetting (AWD) is a practice in rice cultivation which decrease water use, while having no impact on rice yield. It also decreases the amount of methane into the atmosphere and f...
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👤 Compiler: Mutasim Billah
🕒 Created: 2019-04-08 04:55
🔄 Updated: 2020-08-06 14:59
River training dam with gabion reinforcement built in Obishur watershed, Southern Tajikistan
River training dam [Tajikistan] [technologies]


The river training dam is a disaster mitigation structure protecting downstream areas from flash floods and mudflows. It consists of a channel dug and wire net gabions built to train the river and is...
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👤 Compiler: Margaux Tharin
🕒 Created: 2016-11-02 12:03
🔄 Updated: 2020-08-05 15:00
Sorjan
Sorjan - growing vegetables on raised beds in waterlogged areas [Bangladesh] [technologies]


The sorjon system is the cultivation of vegetables on raised beds. Ridges are about 60 to 90 cm high, which means crops are kept above the water, even during the wet season. The ditches between the ri...
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👤 Compiler: Wolfgang Duifhuizen
🕒 Created: 2019-10-03 09:47
🔄 Updated: 2020-05-09 12:04
Hydro Ram Pump at Khyber Village
Hydraulic Ram Pump assisted river water lifting and application of stored water through drip irrigation for alley cropping [Pakistan] [technologies]


The water from a contour canal (off-taking from Khunjrab River) was lifted through hydro ram pump to uphill plastic storage and distributed to alley cropping (newly established orchard and vegetable r...
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👤 Compiler: Muhammad Mudassar Maqsood
🕒 Created: 2020-03-30 07:06
🔄 Updated: 2020-05-08 14:12
Strip tillage wheat production in degraded terraces of High Barind Tract, Rajshahi
Strip tillage wheat production in degraded terraces of High Barind Tract, Rajshahi [Bangladesh] [technologies]


Strip tillage wheat cultivation is a climate-smart technology to save water and improve soil health
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👤 Compiler: Mutasim Billah
🕒 Created: 2019-04-07 09:16
🔄 Updated: 2020-05-07 10:12