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Access Agriculture Training Video Fanya juu means "throw the soil up" in Kiswahili. The terraces formed are ideal for fodder grasses and help prevent soil erosion. Cultivation becomes easier as the terraces spread out to make the land more level and when combined with manure/fertilizer yields...
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Access Agriculture Training Video Runoff water from roads can give an extra boost to crops during the rainy season, or if it is stored in ponds can be used for irrigating horticultural crops. Available languages Arabic Dholuo English French Kikuyu Kiswahili Persian / Farsi Spanish
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Access Agriculture Training Video In the coastal savanna of West Africa, farmers explain how a mucuna cover crop helped to revive their highly degraded soil, and suppress the noxious weeds Striga and Imperata. They show how to grow it to benefit your maize and cassava, and why discussing land...
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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...
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Access Agriculture Training Video In Kenya, WRUAs first began forming in the 1990’s. They are established by communities along rivers and guarantee the participation of their members in all management decisions taken on the use of the river water. Arabic Bambara Burmese English French
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Access Agriculture Training Video In semi-arid West Africa, farmers and herders explain why and how trees and livestock play a crucial role in obtaining a productive soil and crop. In Niger and Ghana this is one of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management that has a...
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2003-01-01 The purpose of this study is to analyze variation in wheat yields and to assess the range of factors affecting wheat yields and profitability of wheat production in the selected irrigation systems in India and Pakistan. The study attempts to identify constraints and opportunities for closing the...
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1979-01-01 The numerous authors in each section of Planning the Uses and Management of Land serve as an excellent example of the wealth of knowledge emanating from cooperative members of these societies in this joint effort as copublishers of this monograph.
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Eight full papers and extended summaries of ten more from a November 1992 symposium in Minneapolis wrestle with what soil quality means in theory and practice, identify indices to measure it, and assess its biological importance. The collection is seen as the beginning of raising scientific study...
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Corresponding to selected steps of the SLM-IM procedure, the toolkit Module contains a selection of practical and cost-effective methods, criteria, models, frameworks and examples. These were developed - and partly published - by various authors and institutations.