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

11 Dec 2019 Income generation
Income Generation through High-Value Cash Crops, Horticulture, and Beekeeping

Developing realistic opportunities for income generation is one of the most challenging tasks of development in mountain areas ...

11 Dec 2019 Scientific research
Biomass Study

A timeline study of the total biomass and the biodiversity per unit area at different sites is being carried out ...

11 Dec 2019 Income generation
Fruits, Nuts and Spices

A wide range of different fruit and nut trees and fruit vines have been planted at intervals since 1993, they ...

Solar Technologies – drier, cooker, lamp, oven

Solar energy has been used for centuries for drying crops, clothes, wood, and crop residues, and heating buildings. But now ...

11 Dec 2019 Water management
Gravity sprinkler irrigation

Water from the reservoirs passes through high-density polythene pipes laid-out with hydrants in different experimental plots and nurseries covering approximately five ...

11 Dec 2019 Income generation
Cultivation Support – PFT, Polypit, Biopesticides

Polythene film technology (PFT) Polythene (plastic) film technology (PFT) is a method for increasing production of field crops by ...

11 Dec 2019 Water management
Irrigation with Treadle pump

Treadle pump  is a simple, cheap, and effective device for lifting water by alternate up and down movement of the ...

11 Dec 2019 Water management
Prototype Flood Early Warning System (FEWS)

ICIMOD has designed and installed a prototype of a community-based flood early warning system at the Knowledge Park ...