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11 Dec 2019 | Water management

Contour Hedgerows of Nitrogen-fixing Plants and Shelter/Protection Belts to Reduce Runoff and Soil Loss

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Photo: Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD.

These methods are both soil management and water management methods. They are described there.

11 Dec 2019 Soil management
Green Manure/Cover Crops/Mulching

Green manure is a growing cover crop of annual plants (or other growing plant material) that is dug into the ...

11 Dec 2019 Vegetation management
Different approaches of vegetation management

Different Approaches in the Different Physiographic Zones The site has an elevation range from 1,540 to 1,800 masl and ...

11 Dec 2019 Soil management
Biodynamic composting

Biodynamic composting is a faster way of producing compost. Here the compost is made on the surface, rather than in ...

Why are wetlands important?

Wetlands are important because they provide habitat for thousands of species of aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals. Wetlands are ...

11 Dec 2019 Community outreach
Distribution of material – seed and seedlings

Large amounts of seeds and seedlings of useful plants from ICIMOD’s plant nursery have been distributed to farmers and farmers ...

3D or Vertical Farming

Taking vegetables to a third dimension seems like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but in reality there are very effective ...

11 Dec 2019 Scientific research
Nursery

A plant nursery was established in the lower area of the site to ensure an adequate ...

Installation of new tipping bucket in Meteorological station

We're excited to have added this new technology to the park! A tipping bucket rain gauge is the most common type ...