Resources Tagged: Crop Production

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  1. Building Soils for Better Crops Ecological Management for Healthy Soils (4th ed.)

    2021-01-01 The 4th edition ofBuilding Soils for Better Cropsis a one-of-a-kind, practical guide to ecological soil management. It provides step-by-step information on soil-improving practices as well as in-depth background—from what soil is to the importance of organic matter. It will show you how different...
    Crop Production Soil Management

  2. Manual for the Construction and Management of Panqar Huyus: (Semi-underground organic bed)

    2003-01-01 The Benson Agriculture and Food Institute has developed a new cultivation system as a resourrce to decrease the rate of malnutrition and increase the consumption of vitamins and minerals in Bolivia. The name of the system is "panqare huyu', which means "flower bed" IN Aymara. 16 pgs, pictures
    Crop Production Panqar huyus

  3. PlantVillage - PSU

    PlantVillage is a research and development unit of Penn State University that empowers smallholder farmers and seeks to lift them out of poverty using cheap, affordable technology and democratizing the access to knowledge that can help them grow more food. The rich countries of the world were...
    Smallholder Pest Management Crop Production

  4. FAO Corporate Document Repository

    This on-line resource offers a selection of hundreds of food security focused documents (most of which in English) classified under several main headings that include crop and livestock production systems, fisheries and aquaculture management as well as sustainable natural resources management.In...
    Food Security Crop Production Animal Production Aquaculture Natural Resource M... Fish Farming Asia

  5. Sustainable Food Production: A Manual of Sustainable Methods of Plant Production Helpful in Meeting Food Needs Everywhere

    1995-01-01 Reviewed by Kristin Davis In the first half of this manual, the authors cover a history of sustainable agriculture methods, organic food production, methods of composting, bio-intensive gardening and no-till gardening. There is also a brief section on methods of natural insect control. Somewhat...
    Sustainable Agricu... Crop Production Food Security Crop Selection Gardening

  6. Landslide Risk Reduction

    2017-05-23 As rainfed crops are particularly vulnerable to drought as well as heavy rain, farmers must prepare dryland farming solutions for resilient and sustainable crop production.
    Crop Production Drought Dryland Farming Asia

  7. FAO - Sustainable Crop Production Intensification

    The need to feed a growing population is a constant pressure on crop production, as is coping with an increasingly degraded environment and uncertainties resulting from climate change - and the need to adapt farming systems to these. Sustainable crop production intensification provides...
    Sustainability Food Security Crop Production Crop Intensification System of Crop Int...