1. AccessAgriculture Training Video Dans cette vidéo, nous allons apprendre sur une solution qui favorise la croissance des cultures et qui les protège en même temps des ravageurs et des maladies. Langues disponibles Anglais Arabe Bambara Bangla Baoulé Bariba Birman Chichewa / Nyanja Chitonga /...
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    01/01/2014 Pour obtenir une productivité agricole élevée dans les tropiques au meilleur coût économique et écologique, il faut bien comprendre le rapport entre les nutriments présents dans le sol et la productivité des cultures. Pour ce faire, il nous faut remettre en question certaines idées reçues. La...
  3. This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 36. Soil chemical, physical, and biological properties range from those highly favorable to plant growth to those highly unfavorable to plant growth. It is rare—especially in the tropics—to find a soil in its natural state in which all properties are highly...
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    20/01/2009 All plants need certain mineral elements for proper growth, development, and maintenance. The basic structure of all organisms is built of carbon (C), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H). Plants obtain these elements from water (H2O) in the soil and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air, so no input is...
  5. 01/01/2010 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #4 Does rice straw have any value? Looking at the practices of most farmers, it seems not! The burning of rice straw is a common sight during the harvest period in many parts of Asia. Yet a number of farmers think otherwise. One of them is Isidro Prado from...
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    01/01/1985 Green manure crops are crops that are [often times in North America] grown to be turned under to increase soil fertility. Leguminous green manure crops ( i.e., those which can make nitrogen fertilizers from atmospheric nitrogen) can offer small-scale Third World farmers a tremendous number of...
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    28/09/2016 Les agriculteurs dans de nombreuses régions du monde, en raison de la croissance de la population humaine, n’ont guère d’autre choix que de cultiver leurs terres en permanence, ne disposant pas suffisamment de ressources pour remplacer les éléments nutritifs retirés par chaque culture successive....
  8. Small holder farmers and practitioners from Tanzania share agroecology best practices to improve soil fertility. English Subtitles
  9. Abstract, Makerere University Dissertations, 2019 Low crop yields due to low erratic rainfall, high evapo-transpiration, and deteriorating soil fertility in semi-arid areas of the country, have led to a quest for sustainable production practices with greater resource use efficiency in order...
  10. The result of several symposia held at the American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America annual meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1993, this volume brings together the latest ideas and knowledge for improving nutrient recommendations, examining the prospects of improving...