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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.
Sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), otherwise known as contour hedgerow intercropping (agroforestry) technology (CHIAT), is a system in which dense ...
Research and vegetation management on the site is not confined to trees and bushes. A focused effort is being made ...
These methods are both soil management and water management methods. They are described there.
Farmers benefit greatly from honeybees. They produce honey and other bee products which can be sold, consumed, or used as ...
Our ICIMOD Knowledge Park in #Godavari is a treasure trove of flora and fauna and we’ve ...
Goat husbandry Goats are part of the farm household in mountain farming systems. Particularly for marginal farmers, they have ...
Large amounts of seeds and seedlings of useful plants from ICIMOD’s plant nursery have been distributed to farmers and farmers ...
Solar photovoltaic technology directly converts radiation from the sun into electricity using a physical process with no moving parts. It ...
