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Organic Farming Techniques - Composting
This video describes the preparation of three important composting methods namely the pit method, the heap method and the vermicomposting method in a simple language.
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Organic Paddy Cultivation
This book provides detailed information on organic paddy cultivation. it provides information about seed selection techniques, seed treatment and use of organic manures to improve soil fertility. Pests and diseases affecting paddy are described in detail with their organic control measures. It also gives information on the pests attacking stored grains and their control. It also has information on some of the important indigenous paddy varieties with their special characteristics. Photographic illustrations of major pests and predators help in easy identification. Control measures are also illustrated in color.
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Organic Pastoral Resource Guide
The design and content of this Resource Guide has been shaped by the experiences of practicing organic farmers. It has three main chapters: Soil, Animal Health and the Environment. These three chapters relate to the progression experienced by many who have converted to organic farming but it is not a recipe for organic farming. Rather it provides a range of options and ideas for you to choose from.
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Agroecology and the Search for a Truly Sustainable Agriculture
The book analyze these problems to offer tools to enable a more ecologically rational use of our soils, land, biodiversity and natural resources, to preserve and enhance its sustainable productivity in order to ensure food security and the sustainable agriculture of the countries of the region.
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Composting in the Tropics I
Basic English booklet on composting aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Composting in the Tropics II
Basic English booklet on further composting techniques, such as the Indore method, the Bangalore method, high temperature composting and pit composting aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Reducing Nutrient Loss During the Composting Process
A brief information leaflet mainly for extension people and interested farmers providing a description of the different phases of composting, the routes of nitrogen and potassium losses and the reasons (circumstances) why such losses occur. Based on literature and own experiments, strategies to limit N and K losses are suggested.
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Pequeñas Fincas orgánicas campesinas diversificadas
Esta publicación " Pequeñas fincas orgánicas diversificadas: Alimentos sanos", destaca el porqué y los cómo del manejo orgánico de las fincas, que hacen miles de familias campesinas nicaragüenses que con gran esfuerzo conservan sus suelos y aguas, y producen sin químicos y de manera natural, una gran variedad de alimentos sanos y libres de contaminantes.
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Mantos y Biodiversidad - El Manejo de Tubérculos en la Región Altoandina de Perú
Esta cartilla es el resultado del trabajo de identificación y sistematización de tecnologías de producción ecológica, validadas por los producotes/as campesinos/as de Perú y Bolivia, que a partir del conocimiento y experiencia organizada en el manejo del territorio, han sido capaces de preservar la biodiversidad de tubérculos andinos...
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Matengenezo ya mbolea - hai katika nchi za joto
Basic Kiswahili booklet on composting aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Kutayarisha mbolea ya mboji katika nchi za hari II
Basic Kiswahili booklet on further composting techniques, such as the Indore method, the Bangalore method, high temperature composting and pit composting aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Reduzierung von Nährstoffverlusten während der Stallmistrotte
Faltblatt mit kurzer Information für Beratungskräfte und interessierte Landwirte/Landwirtinnen; Darstellung der verschiedenen Phasen der Mistrotte, der Verlustwege von Stickstoff und Kalium und der Ursachen solcher Verluste; basiert auf Fachliteratur und eigenen Versuchen; Maßnahmen und Strategien zur Verminderung der N- und K-Verluste werden vorgeschlagen.
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