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041 0 _aEn
043 _aLK
072 0 _aF07
072 0 _aF08
090 _aREP-3459
100 1 _aWijewardene, R.
245 0 0 _aSystems, techniques and tools:
_b Conservation farming for small farmers in the humid tropics
260 _aColombo, Sri-Lanka) :
_bDepartment of Agriculture, Commonwealth Consultative Group on Agriculture for the Asia Pacific Region, GTZ, CFTC,
_c1984
300 _av, 39 pages
340 _aPrinted
500 _aIllustrations, tables, graphs, references p. 39
520 _aThe techniques of conservation farming have evolved primarily for the majority of farmers in the tropics who farm poorer soils at subsistence levels. They cannot afford the inputs, nor are the fragile ecosystems upon which they exist conducive to the 'high-input' technologies of the Green Revolution. Through conserving the natural resources of the soil, its surface and subsoil fertility, the water it receives from rainfall, and the natural recycling of forest vegetation, conservation farming aims to provide an essentially low-inputbut productive and self sustaining system of farming: farming for food and market as well as fodder for
546 _aEnglish
595 _aRPC
650 1 0 _aAgroforestry
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650 1 0 _aDisease control
650 1 0 _aFeed crops
650 1 0 _aFuel crops
650 1 0 _aHumid tropics
650 1 0 _aPest control
650 1 0 _aShifting cultivation
650 1 7 _aSmall farms
_gAGROVOC
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_91260
650 1 0 _aSoil conservation
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650 1 0 _aTraditional farming
650 1 0 _aZero tillage
650 1 0 _91952
_aSoil fertility
_gAGROVOC
650 1 0 _91109
_aFarming systems
_gAGROVOC
700 1 _aWaidyanatha, P.,
_ecoaut.
942 _cBK
999 _c36439
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