Resources Tagged: Hill Farming

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  1. Fragile lands: A theme paper on problems, issues, and approaches for development of humid tropical lowlands and steep slopes in the Latin American region

    1984-06-01 Prepared under contract for U.S. Agency for International Development, Wash. DC 98 pages, tables. Notebook format
    Agriculture-Latin ... Hill farming

  2. Hill Irrigation: Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture

    1995-12-01 Mountain agriculture has attracted attention both for its complex adaptation to particular circumstances, and for its marginality and instability in a changing world. Irrigation plays a range of roles in mountain farming systems and their dynamics or change. Hill Irrigation examines the...
    Irrigation Management Irrigation Systems Hill farming Irrigation Farming Sloping Agricultur... SALT

  3. The Human Farm: A Tale of Changing Lives and Changing Lands

    1994-01-01 In The Human Farm: A Tale of Changing Lives and Changing Lands, Katie Smith presents an unforgettable combination of human drama, spiritual principes, and pragmatic accomplishment. In learning how to renew their fields to provide themselves with yearly harvest, Honduran peasants also learn...
    Hill farming Soil Conservation Honduras Training Guide Granja Loma Linda ...

  4. Resource Book on Sustainable Agriculture for the UPLANDS

    Key Resource 1990-01-19 "Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center, Mag-uugmad Foundation, Incorporated/World Neighbors." Papers presented at the Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture in the Uplands, held in the Philippines from Aug. 25 to Sept. 9, 1989.
    Sustainable Agricu... Hill farming

  5. Soil Conservation in Andean Cropping Systems: Oil Erosion and Crop Productivity in Traditional and Forage-Legume Based Cassava Cropping Systems in the South Colombian Andes

    1995-01-01 Sound crop and soil management such as the use of fertilizers and lime, pest and disease control, optimum planting densities and patterns, selection of appropriate crop varieties among others are fundamental to diminish soil erosion and achieve greate ryields. From the study it may be concluded...
    Hill farming Cropping Systems Cassava Colombia Soil Erosion

  6. Sustainable tropical agriculture: introduction to agroforestry hillside farming

    Compiled by ECHO, this covers the topics of agroforestry with information on making an a-frame level, contour farming, alley cropping, SALT system, and general information on farming hilly land. no page count, illustrations, photos
    Hill farming Agroforestry-Tropics

  7. Some Conceptual Issues of Livestock Farming in the Mountains

    1990-01-01 This paper first introduces the major characteristics of mountain areas and their operational implications. These characteristics called mountain specificities here, include inaccessibility, fragility, marginality, diversity, niche, and people's adaptation mechanisms in these habitats. The...
    Hill farming Nepal Livestock

  8. A Handbook on Tropical Vegetable Production Flatland and Hillside

    1988-01-01 A good practical guide for the vegetable production student. A breakthrough in documentation of proven methods in flatland and hillside cultivation of tropical vegetables. Designed especially for today's progressive farmer.
    Hill farming Truck farming Tropical Vegetables

  9. Agricultural Growth and Sustainability: Perspectives and Experiences from the Himalayas

    1992-01-01 26 pages, tables MFS Series, no. 25
    Sustainable Agricu... Himalayan region South Asia Hill farming

  10. Development of Sloping Agricultural Land Technology in the Philippines

    1995-06-01 This booklet contains information on the development of sloping agricultural land technology (SALT) in the Philippines for crop based agriculture and sustainable livestock production. 21 pages, illustrated
    Soil Conservation Hill farming Philippines