Resources Tagged: Small Farms
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1973-01-01 Everyone who has ever dreamed of getting back to the soil will derive from Maurice Grenville Kains' practical and easy-to-understand discussions a more complete view of what small-scale farming means. Countless readers ofFive Acres and Independencehave come away with specific projects to begin...
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1972-01-19 365 pages, illustrated
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1996-01-01 This publication provides farmers and others who are supporting crop diversification, with the information base and the motivation to also support diversification in small farming technologies. 62 pages, illustrated, photos
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1983-01-01 The approach adopted in this book is that, in a given farming situation, there are certain tasks that need to be carried out in order to produce a crop, and certain conditions exist which will affect the way these tasks can be carried out. It describes the characteristics of a number of...
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This booklet was developed as a training aid for use in irrigation workshops conducted for small farmers and technicians in the Peruvian highlands through USAID. Much of the agriculture there takes place on stepp slopes, shallow soils and small farm plots. Irrigation extension personnel found the...
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1998-01-01 256 pages, illustrated
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1998-01-01 A series of articles on how to farm better including information on the SALT technologies. (Sloping Agriculture Land Technology) 96 pages, illustrated 1 notebook
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This manual's overall objective is to guide market facilitators and other service providers through a participatory process for identifying market opportunities and developing viable agroenterprises that are sustainable and which improve the incomes of rural farmers, processors, and traders.
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1998-07-01 192 pages, illustrated
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This report describes what is meant by, and the principles involved in designing and operating, a correctly "structured" system. We have explained how, and described the circumstances in which, a well-planned supply-based system is capable of providing an irrigation service that for all practical...