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Subject listing for: Conventional Tillage |
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ATNESA (Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa) has provided this collection of 15 papers and leaflets on animal traction in Kenya. All the documents are in downloadable PDF format
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This ATNESA (Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa) site contains 27 documents in downloadable PDF format on the subject of animal traction in Zambia. Most of the documents have file sizes between 150 and 250 KB.
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This collection of 9 papers on animal traction in Zimbabwe has been put together by ATNESA (Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa). All of the papers are available in downloadable PDF format and are generally between 150 and 250 KB.
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ATNESA was formed in 1990 to improve information exchange and regional cooperation related to animal draft power. From this site you can learn about the organization, read ATNESA's online publications, and see their list of workshops, coming events, links, and networks.
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This site contains a variety of materials developed following the ATNESA (Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa) Donkey Workshop. A short paper about the workshop titled "Improving donkey utilization and management" is contained here, and there are six other links for more documents and information on donkeys, including the 59 page workshop report. The workshop was held in Ethiopia in 1997.
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A brief article published by the Sugarbeet Research & Education Board of Minnesota and North Dakota (USA), descibes a study begun in 1991 to look at the effect of deep tillage on sugarbeet and spring wheat production in the Red River Valley.
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Kansas State Research and Extension provides a report detailing information on wind erosion control through the use of mulching, as well as using emergency tillage as a last resort to control wind erosion.
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Iowa State University Extension published a paper giving a thorough description of carbon sequestration, including its importance, the benefits and the process. (pdf only).
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Iowa State Extension Service provides information on Iowa soil and land use, including charts and maps and tillage management.
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This page from Yetter farm equipment's website discusses fertilizer applications with zone and coulter tillage. It also provides diagrams of tillage set-ups and a chart with common problems associated with these practices, as well as possible causes and remedies.
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This site gives information in English about the mainly spanish homepage for RECTA. The page includes documents and publications in Spanish and English about the research on and importance of animal traction in Cuban agriculture. There is also a list of contact information for organizations and individuals involved in animal traction research, and a links page for other Spanish resources.
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RECTA es un v¡nculo entre grupos de investigadores, profesores, dirigentes, obreros y usuarios cubanos dedicados a la promoci¢n del uso de animales de trabajo en la agricultura, transporte y en otras reas de la econom¡a y los servicios para coordinar sus acciones, establecer relaciones de trabajo e intercambiar informaci¢n sobre este tema.
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This is the products page from the Worldwide Portal to
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This paper, published by GTZ in 1998 describes research conducted on the economic and ecological sustainability of bullock traction farming systems in Ghana.
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Factsheets, infosheets, and publications regarding tillage from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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Tillage articles from a number of scientific journals can be accessed through this ASA-CSSA-SSSA collection. Abstracts are freely accessible; access to full text may require payment. Browsing and search functions for related agricultural topics can be found at http://soil.scijournals.org/collections/.
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