Better Land Husbandry: From Soil Conservation to Holistic Land ManagementScience Publishers, 4 janv. 2006 - 315 pages This book is a timely contribution towards the debate on the most effective way to bring about sustainable farming in marginal areas. It offers a detailed analysis of the social, economic, and agro-ecological characteristic of both Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) and Better Land Husbandry (BLH) and an analysis of case studies of BLH from Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. |
Table des matières
Series Preface | 1 |
Social and Economic Components of Better Land Husbandry | 20 |
Agroecological Components of Better Land Husbandry | 81 |
A New Paradigm | 140 |
Better Land Husbandry in Practice | 185 |
Better Land Husbandry and Policy | 218 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Better Land Husbandry: From Soil Conservation to Holistic Land Management Jon Hellin Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
activities adoption agricultural production Agroforestry Agroforestry Systems and/or assessment better land husbandry better land management Bunch catch-pits Contd conventional soil conservation cover crops crop residues cross-slope cultivation economic effective eroded example extension agents farmer participation farming fertiliser focus green manure Green Revolution ground cover Güinope gully ha¹ Hellin Honduras Hudson Hurricane Mitch improving soil quality increase infiltration Kamayoq Kenya labour land degradation land husbandry approach land husbandry practices landslides live barriers livelihood impact maize maize yields mulch nutrients organic matter organisations Overseas Development Institute percent plant problems rainfall reduced soil loss replications resource-poor farmers runoff rural Santa Rosa Shaxson smallholder farmers social soil and water soil conservation approach soil conservation programmes soil conservation technologies soil cover soil degradation soil erosion soil loss soil moisture soil organisms soil surface steep slopes steeplands sustainable agriculture tillage tropics Water Conservation water loss zero-tillage