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Resources Tagged: Soil Fertility

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  1. Soil Improvement Workshop

    2017-10-03 Healthy soil is very important in order to grow healthy plants. In this workshop, I will share about some of ARI’s techniques in order to improve soil.
    Soil Fertility Asia

  2. Options for Improving Soil Fertility on Smallholder Farms

    2017-10-04 It is often a problem in tropical soils farmed by smallholders that the soil is nutrient-depleted and acidic, costing the farmer more money and yielding less valuable crops. In an attempt to overcome this, Dr. Tom will discuss different ways of evaluating important soil properties and thus...
    Soil Fertility Smallholder Farm Asia

  3. How to make a fertile soil for onions - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Onions have few roots and shallow roots and therefore can take up nutrients from the top soil only. This explains why it is crucial to pay particular attention to making your soil fertile when you want to grow onions. Available languages Arabic Bambara Bangla...
    Soil Fertility Onion AccessAgriculture Soil Health Sustainable Land M...

  4. Soil Fertility and Management in the Tropics

    2018-02-06 Speaker Bio: Dr. Tom Thompson is Associate Dean and Director of International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Professor of Agronomy at Virginia Tech. He earned B.S. , M.S. , and Ph.D. degrees in agronomy and soil science. He was an academic department head at two...
    Soil Fertility Soil Degradation Asia

  5. Soil Fertility and Management in Small Holder Settings

    2018-02-06 Speaker Bio: Dr. Tom Thompson is Associate Dean and Director of International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Professor of Agronomy at Virginia Tech. He earned B.S. , M.S. , and Ph.D. degrees in agronomy and soil science. He was an academic department head at two...
    Soil Fertility Smallholder Farm Asia

  6. Bio-Intensive Agriculture Handout

    2007-07-20 Bio-Intensive Agriculture (BIA) is a kind of organic farming rooted in maintaining soil fertility/ living soil. BIA is called Bio-Intensive because it maintains a natural biological balance between soil, nutrients and plants. It employs crop rotation and intensive planting to maximize harvest...
    BIA Soil Fertility Crop Rotation Biointensive Agric... East Africa

  7. Farmer Own Soil Fertility Analysis

    Four nutrient deficiencies--phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, and magnesium--can be diagnosed by observing maize leaves. This document includes photos of a healthy maize leaf and of maize leaves demonstrating each of these nutrient deficiencies. It also contains suggestions for how to address each...
    Soil Fertility Soil Nutrients Nutrient Deficiency