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11 Dec 2019 | Scientific research

Support functions and scientific research

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Some general activities are carried out at the Knowledge Park at Godavari to support the trials and other activities; to provide the accurate information needed to enable proper interpretation of results; and to provide basic scientific information on important problems that affect mountain farming and natural resource management on a broad scale.

Photovoltaic Electricity

Solar photovoltaic technology directly converts radiation from the sun into electricity using a physical process with no moving parts. It ...

Vegetation management

At the time that ICIMOD established the Godavari site, the land had been reduced to almost completely degraded ...

Cover crops

Cover crops are essential for #soil health and varieties of white clover, peanut plants and alfa-alfa are demonstrated at our ...

11 Dec 2019 Vegetation management
Biofencing/Live fencing

Biofencing/Live Fencing Live fences are lines of trees or shrubs planted on farm or field boundaries that provide protection against cattle ...

When and how to fertilize #Kiwi plants?

Fertilizing kiwi plants is an important part of their care and ensures a bumper crop and delicious kiwi fruit. The ...

11 Dec 2019 Soil management
Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT)

Sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), otherwise known as contour hedgerow intercropping (agroforestry) technology (CHIAT), is a system in which dense ...

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 ...

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 ...