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Live fences are lines of trees or shrubs planted on farm or field boundaries that provide protection against cattle and wildlife, act as windbreaks, enrich the soil, provide bee forage, provide shade, and control dust. They are less expensive and more useful than fences made of wood, barbed wire, or stone masonry. Various species have been tested to discover their suitability for use as biofencing plants; nine thorny species have been selected and demonstrated.
Biodynamic composting is a faster way of producing compost. Here the compost is made on the surface, rather than in ...
Green manure is a growing cover crop of annual plants (or other growing plant material) that is dug into the ...
A wide range of different fruit and nut trees and fruit vines have been planted at intervals since 1993, they ...
Some general activities are carried out at the Knowledge Park at Godavari to support the trials and other activities; ...
One of the bases for establishing sustainable farming systems is to integrate nitrogen-fixing plants into the system, whether in the ...
ICIMOD has designed and installed a prototype of a community-based flood early warning system at the Knowledge Park ...
Research and vegetation management on the site is not confined to trees and bushes. A focused effort is being made ...
Sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), otherwise known as contour hedgerow intercropping (agroforestry) technology (CHIAT), is a system in which dense ...
