Indigenous soil conservation knowledge in the commonwealth of Dominica : (Record no. 66861)
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| fixed length control field | 02359nam a22002657a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 66861 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250619164239.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 231215s1994 uk ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 631.458 PIT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 32456 |
| Personal name | Pitcher, M.J. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indigenous soil conservation knowledge in the commonwealth of Dominica : |
| Remainder of title | A summary |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Bangor (United Kingdom) : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of Wales, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 20 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A farmer survey was implemented to appraise farmers' perceptions of soil and soil conservation and to identify key factors which determine farmers' choices of crop technologies and soil conversation practices. Observation and semi-structured farmer interviews were used to collect data from a sample population of 39 farmers from a 'pilot' study area in the south-east of the island. Between all the farmers many forms of soil erosion phenomena were identified but many farmers claimed there was no erosion or recognised it in only one form. Few farmers consciously employ soil conservation practices other than those associated with particular commercial crops which have been introduced by extension services. However, some innovate farmers have developed their own soil conservation practices. Commercial small farm systems still include many components of the traditional subsistence small farm systems, such as high tree cover levels, crop diversity, and ground cover soil surface protection which have positive soil conservation characteristics. Recommendations have been made for further research and for specific soil conservation extension activities. Particularly important is the promotion of the positive soil conservation characteristics of existing farming systems based on traditional practices. Also emphasised is the need to examine each existing and newly introduced crop technology, in order to establish the negative and/or positive soil conservation impact that will be caused by introducing that crop to existing farming systems. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Text in English |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 17988 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Indigenous peoples' knowledge |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2273 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Soil conservation |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3567 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Soil improvement |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1268 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Soil management |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 32457 |
| Geographic name | Dominica |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Report |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Date last seen | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired |
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| 12/15/2023 | 631.458 PIT | 643048 | 1 | 12/15/2023 | Report | Not Lost | Dewey Decimal Classification | General Book Collection | CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library | CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library | 12/15/2023 |