Ressources Etiqueté: Soil Conservation

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  1. Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion

    Ressource principale 01/01/1993 For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears...
    Soil Conservation Cover Crops Plant Propagation Plant Conservation Vetiver Grass

  2. Ways of Water: Run-off, Irrigation and Drainage

    Ressource principale 01/03/1992 Water is everywhere - its physics and chemistry, rain, evaporation, infiltration, underground, the intimate relationship between life and water, and other natural phenomena. Its effects and applications need to be understood: run-off, erosion, soil drainage and irrigation. These comprise the main...
    Soil Conservation Water Conservation

  3. Nature and Properties of Soils

    Ressource principale 01/10/1974 Soils play a critical role in meeting human food needs. Their conservation and wise use are essential today and will be even more critical in the future as population pressures increase. These pressures are already forcing the use of lands for food production that good judgment says should be...
    Cover Crops Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Soil Conservation Soil

  4. Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual

    The Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual: Provides an overview of the concept of soil health. Describes soil constraints and soil quality issues common to soils in New York and the Northeast region, especially in vegetable and field crop production systems. Provides guidelines on how to...
    Key Resource Soil Soil Conservation Training

  5. A holi(y) intelligence: Regenerating soils, souls, and society 

    17/11/2015 A different type of intelligence is needed to address the complexity of our current world, Tre’ will discuss the connection between holism, faith, and the needed regeneration in our soils, souls, and society. Presenter: Tre’ is the COO/CFO of the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado. After...
    Creation Care Sustainable Develo... Agriculture Develo... Soil Soil Conservation

  6. A holi(y) intelligence: Regenerating soils, souls, and society

    Presented at the ECHO International Agriculture Conference 2015 A different type of intelligence is needed to address the complexity of our current world, Tre’ will discuss the connection between holism, faith, and the needed regeneration in our soils, souls, and society. Presenter: Tre’ is the...
    Agriculture Develo... Sustainable Develo... Soil Soil Conservation

  7. Integrating Soil & Water Conservation in CA

    01/11/2016 The session will discuss integrating conservation agriculture with soil and water conservation measures as well as other farming systems. Presenter:Neil Rowe Miller serves with Mennonite Central Committee as a technical advisor to conservation agriculture projects funded by the Canadian Food...
    Conservation Agric... Soil Conservation Water Conservation East Africa

  8. Burundi Soil and Water Conservation

    20/10/2014
    Soil Conservation Water Conservation East Africa

  9. Why We Need to Preserve Soil and Water Resources Worldwide and How it is Being Done

    20/12/2010
    Water Conservation Soil Conservation

  10. Cordons de pierres - video

    AccessAgriculture Video Les cordons de pierres peuvent ralentir le ruissellement, augmenter l'infiltration d'eau et constituer la base de l'amélioration de la production en zones semi-arides. En utilisant les contours des faibles pentes, la collecte de l'eau est améliorée et les cultures sont...
    Water Harvesting Soil Conservation Terracing Sustainable Land M... Cross-Slope Barriers Rainwater Harvesting AccessAgriculture East Africa