Resources Tagged: Soil Health

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  1. Soil Amendments

    A soil's chemical, physical, and biological properties dictate how well plants are likely to grow in it. Soils in the tropics are often exposed to intense sun and alternating periods of drought and high rainfall. Tropical soils are commonly degraded to the point where they can no longer sustain...
    Soil Amendments Soil Health

  2. Making Compost in a Pit or Box

    2024-05-01 Farmers and gardeners use compost to improve their soils and increase their crop yields. This book describes one approach to making compost. This uses material from "Footsteps 107", the literary publication ofTearfund, with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by...
    Composting Soil Health Downloads

  3. Analysing Soil pH and Organic Matter - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Soils that are depleted or heavily leached are often acidic. Soils can also become acidic from the high use of chemical fertilizers. Acidic soil inhibits the bacteria that help organic matter to decompose. Acidic soil makes some nutrients less available to crops....
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  4. Seeing the Life in the Soil - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video When many living things are found in the soil, it means that the soil has life, because these little creatures help to decompose organic matter, make nutrients available to plants, and make the soil spongier. Available Languages: Aymara,English,French,Quechua,...
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  5. C- Onion Crop Management Practices – INDORAMA

    Topics covered in this resource include: Soil Requirement Site selection Land Preparation Seed rate and treatment Planting Fertilizer Requirement Harvesting Yeild
    Onions Plant Health Crop management ZAS Downloads Soil Health

  6. C - Cabbage Production Guideline – 2014

    Topics Covered in this Resource Include: History and Background Adaptability Climate Requirements Soil Requirements Cultivation Practices Harvesting
    Cabbage Production Cabbage ZAS Downloads Soil Health Harvesting Practices

  7. Understanding Soil Preparation

    1984-01-01 The purpose of soil preparation is to develop a planting medium that will foster the best possible growth of agricultural crops while preventing the deterioration of the land through erosion, destruction of soil structure, or nutrient loss. The soil preparation system used must be economical,...
    Soil Soil Health Downloads Soil Profiles Soil Management VITA

  8. A Framework for Soils Evaluation FAO Soils Bulletin 32

    This Framework is written mainly for those actively involved in rural land evaluation. Since most land suitability evaluations are at present carried out for purposed of planning by national and local governments, this is the situtaion assumed in references to decision-making, but the evaluation...
    Land Use Soil Surveys FAO Soil Health Evaluation Planning

  9. Let It Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting

    1998-01-03 This is the classic guide to turning household weight into gardener's gold! Since 1975,Let It Rot!has helped countlessgardenersrecycle waste materials like householdgarbage, grass clippings, and ashesto create useful, soil-nourishing compost.
    Composting Gardening Soil Health

  10. Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind

    2010-01-01 In his insightful new book,Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manure-our greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws away both animal and human manure-worth...
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