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The MOIST Group at Cornell University site with links to international events on issues related to the management of organic inputs in soils of the tropics
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The author of this piece in an ILEIA newsletter argues that farmers are more likely to adopt and retain green manures and cover crops if they are taught that these crops have multiple uses besides maintaining soil fertility.
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This 1997 edition of the ILEIA Newsletter describes ways of achieving sustainability in the use of green manures and cover crops.
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This chapter in the guide for field crops explores various topics regarding soil management and fertilizer use
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Published by ECHO, this on-line book covers a variety of subjects including agricultural development, multi-purpose trees, farming systems and gardening techniques, intercropping, green manures and cover crops. Free user ID necessary to access site.
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This Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas resource page contains web links on general soil biology, mycorrhizae, arthropods, soil bacteria, soil quality measures, earthworms, cover cropping, and other topics, as well as links to ATTRA publications on soil management.
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Una compañia que ofrece semillas de especies forrajeras, muchas de las cuales sirven para cultivos de cobertura y abono verde. No venden por internet pero dan los contáctos en Argentina.
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Soil erosion has conventionally been perceived as the chief cause of land degradation, yet the limited effectiveness and poor uptake of widely promoted physical and biological anti-erosion methods challenges this logic. An alternative perception focusing on prior land damage - notably to soil cover, architecture and fertility - permits an holistic, farmer-centred approach which has generated positive response to date.
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Primer cartel con dibujos sobre cobertura del suelo para reducir las malezas y controlar la erosión. Sección del libro en internet "Mejorando la Nutrición a través de Huertos y Granjas Familiares: manual de capacitación para trabajadores de campo en América Latina y el Caribe" (FAO, 2000).
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CIEPCA Newsletter Issue 2, October 1998. This newsletter has links to other cover crops databases, cover crops research activities, cover crops adoption in other parts of the tropics, information technology highlights, publications on cover crops, and cover crops seed distribution and importation
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CIEPCA Newsletter No. 1, February 1998. This newsletter has links to CIEPCA historical background, abstracts of reports related to cover crops, CIEPCA objectives, other information sources on cover crops, CIEPCA organizational information, progress in CIEPCA, activities of workshop participants, and directory form for cover crops in Africa
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This site has CIEPCA Newsletters, which are published biannually in both French and English to disseminate information on many aspects of cover crops.
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This site contains English language summaries of year 2000 traffic on COBERAGRI-L, a Spanish language cover crops mailing list coordinated by the International Cover Crops Clearinghouse (CIDICCO).
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This site contains English language summaries of year 2001 traffic on COBERAGRI-L, a Spanish language cover crops mailing list coordinated by the International Cover Crops Clearinghouse (CIDICCO).
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An 8 page publication in pdf format from the Oregon State University Extension Service (USA), this document discusses a method for controlling a potato pest called Columbia root-knot nematode using crop rotations and cover crops.
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Colorado State University Extension Fact Sheet explains soil erosion from wind, barriers that can be set up, and the use of ridges, cover crops and crop residues to help control erosion.
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This Washington State University resource page has links to cover crop publications in pdf format, SARE's cover crop database, on-farm research results, and more.
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This Michigan State University site gives general information on cover crop management, cover crops and soil, cover crops in cropping systems, and cover crop species.
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Cover crop 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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A network for West Africa that includes a regional experiment which is helping to refine the role of cover crops in sustainable agriculture across West Africa. The CoverCropNet team is also developing the use of the Internet as a research-support tool in Africa.
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This site from UC SAREP contains an online slideshow with photos of cover cropping in orchards and vinyards.
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Published in 1997, this article discusses the use of cover crops for a variety of purposes including erosion control, green manuring, and pest control in potato farming.
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This site contains a fact sheet put out by Rutgers Cooperative Extension which defines and discusses cover crops and green manures. It is available to download as a PDF file.
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This straight forward "Science You Can Use" article provides general information on cover crops and selection as well as information on several specific cover crops.
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This page from the 'Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South' website briefly presents use and management of cover crops and living mulches for the southern United States.
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Michigan State University Extension answers the basic questions about Nitrogen and its use with cover crops.
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The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food has supplied a list of cover crop seed suppliers as of January 2003. This site makes it possible to 'search by seed'.
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This University of California (USA) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program article explores the advantages, disadvantages, and selection and management issues involved in choosing cover crops for orchards and vineyards in California.
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This site contains an online slideshow from UC SAREP on cover crops for field and row cropping systems.
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Prepared at the University of Hawai'i (USA), this database contains plant descriptions for 12 cover crop species used in the Pacific region.
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Clemson University Extension's Home and Garden Information Center offers this exerpt from the South Carolina Master Gardener Training Manual, which provides a table of suitable cover crops for South Carolina.
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This site contains research on cover crops for sustainable agriculture developed or published by the Exploration of Cover Crops for Sustainable Agriculture
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This USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory site contains an article on cover crops, their uses, and management practices in the United States.
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An on-line version of a book published by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT). This book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the use of velvetbean as a cover crop on the hillsides on northern Honduras. It sheds light on the opportunities and constraints presented by cover crops in the humid tropics and, perhaps most importantly, tells a story of successful farmer innovation.
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Proceedings from "Cover Crops in West Africa: Progress and constraints to adoption and seed availability" or "Les Cultures de Couverture en Afrique d'Ouest: Progres et contraintes lies a l'adoption et disponibilite de semences" held in Cotonue, Benin in October, 1999. This site contains information about the workshop in French and English, and copies of some of the papers (some in English and some in French) presented at it.
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On-line book that examines the potential for using cover crops to maintain and improve soil fertility in West Africa. A collection of papers in both French and English
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Michigan State University Extension displays a chart which outlines legume and non-legume cover crops and gives each one's life cycle, N value, seeding rate and seeding depth.
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This NebGuide describes how cover crops can be integrated into various cropping systems.
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This 8 page publication in pdf format from the Oregon State University Extension Service (USA) discusses the use and benefits of cover crops as a weed control measure.
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La publicación describe los roles actuales y potenciales, como también las funciones de una variedad de cultivos de cobertura en los diferentes sistemas agrícolas de América Latina. Presentación de la conferencia electrónica de la FAO sobre "Agroforestería para la producción animal en Latinoamérica" (1998).
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La publicación describe los roles actuales y potenciales, como también las funciones de los cultivos de cobertura en los diferentes sistemas agrícolas de América Latina. Presentación hecha por la conferencia electrónica de la FAO sobre "Agroforestería para la producción animal en Latinoamérica" (1998).
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In this page, Roland Bunch of COSECHA in Honduras gives a report on five green manure cover crop systems in Southeast Asia that he had personally witnessed.
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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This site contains the archives of a discussion carried out on the MULCH-L, an English language e-list for those interested in cover crops and green manures.
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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Esta compañía Boliviana ofrece semillas forrajeras en venta para valle, altiplano, tropico y subtropico. Tambien tiene fotos e información sobre las especies.
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Una empresa Boliviana que ofrece semillas forrajeras en venta para valle, altiplano, tropico y subtropico. Tambien tiene fotos e información sobre las especies.
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Este recurso de CIDICCO muestra fotos de varios cultivos de cobertura e información técnica sobre la cultivación de los mismos. También enlace a la Guía Parcial para el Uso de Cultivos de Cobertura según Zona Agroecológica.
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Paper presented at the International Workshop on Green-Manure Cover Crop Systems for Smallholders in Tropical and Subtropical Regions, 6-12 Apr 1997, Chapeco, Brazil. A French Résumé is included.
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Michigan State University Extension provides fact sheets on Annual Medic, Crimson Clover, Oilseed Radish, and Red Clover.
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The GMCC Workshop Series: IITA Annual Report 1991 p.36-37. A report on research perspectives of Mucuna, a leguminous cover crop that has gained popularity in Benin, leading to its adoption by the national extension agency for countrywide application, and to selection by the Global 2000 project for demonstration trials by 500 Beninois farmers. This success is due in large part to the enthusiastic efforts of the participating farmers to develop the technology.
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Food production will have to increase, otherwise we could be faced with crises of epic proportions. But it is not a simple problem. We actually produce enough food in the world to feed everyone with a nutritious and adequate diet now - on average 350 kg of cereal per person. A good deal of cereal is turned into meat, milk and other animal products which in energy terms is inefficient. This reduces the total amount of food available. But a more important factor is that most hungry people are poor and cannot afford to buy food.
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Several paper and poster abstracts on tropical Agriculture
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Varios fotos de CIDICCO demonstrando sistemas alternativas de agricultura.
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This 1995 article from the ILEIA Newsletter describes the adoption of green manures and cover crops in no-till systems in Santa Catarina, South Brazil.
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This University of Illinois Extension database contains brief definitions and/or information on topics including compost, mulch, pH levels, soil minerals and elements, manure, green manure crops, and more.
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Una lista de informes técnicos publicados por CIDICCO sobre abonos verdes y cultivos de cobertura.
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Breve discusión de los distintos propósitos significados por los términos "cultivos de cobertura" y "abonos verdes" y porque son importantes.
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A paper for a workshop on slash-mulch systems with the principle objectives of the seminar and a brief history of the early slash-mulch systems
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The MOIST Group at Cornell University site. Karen Lowell's overview of her San Juan Sur Phosphorus Leaching Study
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This project contains the newsletters regarding the Legume Project. This project identify suitable legume species for regions in Kenya and develops better farming systems for that region. The project also includes information agronomy, evaluation of grain legumes, seed bulking as well as livestock feeding studies
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Fact sheet on tropical legumes, including Mucuna sp., Gliricidia sepium, Erythrina sp., and Arachis pintoi.
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Breve artículo general sobre la degradación de los Suelos, resultado de los métodos para preparar las tierras basados en modelos europeos y como se está invertiendo este proceso en Santa Catarina con un cambio a las técnicas agrícolas de conservación. En la revista de la FAO, Agricultura 21 (Mayo 2001).
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This 2001 on-line slide show from the US Department of Agriculture uses text and photographs to give a brief overview of managing green manures and cover crops. It also includes examples in no-till systems.
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This on-line handbook published by the Sustainable Agriculture Network in 1998 contains a variety of information on cover crops. It also includes plant descriptions, a resource list, a seed source list, and more. (PDF)
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Manual disponible en internet con enlaces a hojas de información y cartillas tecnológicas ilustradas sobre manejo de suelos, agua, y malezas mejoramiento del suelo uso de terrenos en ladera cultivos de cobertura y cultivos asociados.
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The MOIST Group at Cornell University's Research activities in Green Manures, Cover Crops and Mulch-Based Agriculture
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English, French, and Spanish language electronic mailing lists about tropical cover crops green manures, mulch, managed fallows, and other organic inputs.
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A Mulch-Based Agriculture Group bibliography of over 500 references on cover crops, green manures and other mulch-based agriculture systems, and a database containing over 3,000 references on traditional agriculture.
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Includes information on the benefits of cover crops, enhancement to soil structure, soil fertility, environmental impacts, water quality, and pest management.
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Available in pdf format this 8 page extension publication from the Oregon State University (USA) describes research using cover crops to capture nitrate from soils in fall and early winter before it can be leached out of the soil by winter rains.
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This is a GMCC Workshop Series research note in French
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This article from ATTRA Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture provides an overview of cover crop and green manure production and utilization practices and principles. It covers the different types of green manure crops, their different uses and the benefits of green manures and cover crops on soils. It entails information on nitrogen yields from legume cover crops and different management methods for the cover crop prior to planting a crop to follow it. Following the overview is a listing of additional information sources.
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A Brazilian company providing certified and inspected seeds for green manuring cover crops and pastures, Pirai was started in 1973. Most of this site is in Portuguese, but for an English description click on "Empresa" and then on the American flag.
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A report of a meeting to plan several regional events and an international workshop on green manures and cover crops with a list of participants, objctives, and observations
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Highlights of Discussions during 1997/1998
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New South Wales (Australia) Agriculture's Agnote presents this brief guide to cover crops, which includes short case studies and a table of appropriate cover crops for Sydney vegetable growers.
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Indice a los documentos descriptivos de los proyectos actuales del Centro Internacional de Información Sobre Cultivos de Cobertura (CIDICCO). Incluye estudios y documentación de sistemas y prácticas agrícolas con varios cultivos de cobertura y abonos verdes.
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Report of a two-week consultancy with the SFDP Song Da Watershed Project during March of 1997 in Son La and Lai Chau Provinces and a one-week consultancy with CARE in Son La and Thanh Hoa Provinces of Viet Nam.
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This site which can also be reached from our homepage is the Worldwide Soil Health Portal's guide to seed sources for a variety of planting material including cover crops and green manures, agroforestry species, microsymbionts and more.
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This Bolivian company has information about productive pastures and forages for tropics and highlands, and also offers a variety of forage and cover crop seed for sale.
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This article, from the University of California at Davis (USA) provides an overview of issues to consider when choosing cover crops, as well as some of the advantages and disadvantages of using cover crops.
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An overview of various Slash/Mulch Systems and their brief history in both English and Spanish.
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Developed by the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC), SALT is a diversified agroforestry farming system that adequately controls soil erosion while helping restore soil structure and fertility. A fully-illustrated manual on how to farm the hilly land without losing the topsoil. Includes history of the system.
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University of Massachusetts extension materials regarding soil and nutrient management such as soil basics (physical and chemical properties, organic matter, etc.), composting, and others.
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This outreach publication provides information about organic matter and nutrient needs for crops including specific nutrient sources (PDF).
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This SustainableAg.net page contains an annotated list of links to sites with soil health information.
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Factsheets, infosheets, and publications regarding soil management, soil erosion, and tillage from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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This page describes several ways in which organic soil amendments may help reduce nematode injury to plants.
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Michigan State University has published a information sheet as a guide to some seed sources for the cover crop species most commonly used or suitable in Michigan.
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This on-line horticulture information leaflet discusses the value of cover crops, offers suggestions for choosing a cover crop, and lists possible summer cover crop species for North Carolina.
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This page describes sunn hemp, including its uses, cultivation, harvesting, and pests. It descrives the climate and soil conditions required for sunn hemp production.
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Published by the University of Florida (USA) this information resource page discusses cover crops, soil ecosystems, nematodes, soil nutrients, and more. Also available is a list including some photos of cover crops used in the southeastern US.
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This 2004 searchable Pennsylvania State University (USA) publication contains a variety of information related to agronomy including pest management, soil fertility management, cover crops and conservation tillage, soil erosion, and more.
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CIEPCA Homepage with information on its origins, activities; coordinator and contacts; institutional collaborators; and newsletters
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This site contains CIEPCA newsletters, Mucuna news, Legume research network project newsletters, as well as the CIDICCO bulletins.
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This site describes a series of workshops on cover crops and managed fallows, cropping practices that can contribute significantly to the sustainability of tropical farming systems. The purpose of the site is to raise awareness about the series among the general public and to provide interested persons with the opportunity to gain access to details regarding the organization and outputs of the workshops.
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MOIST Homepage. MOIST is affiliated with the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD). This group facilitates research, development, and information exchange activities, with particular emphasis on cover crops, fallow management, green manures, and other organic imputs in soils.
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Una empresa Paraguaya en pos de una agricultura sustentable que promueve la rotación de cultivos y el empleo de abonos verdes.
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An investigation of tree - cover crop interactions and soil response in an intercropping system, in which leguminous and grass cover crops were used with birch (red-leaved
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The GMCC Workshop Series
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Discusses tropical green manure/cover crops, the advantages and disadvantages of green manure for village farmers, and some promising species. Includes a list of references.
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This database contains photos and information about the management and effects of more than 32 species of cover crops. Users may browse by species name or search the database by keyword.
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This UC SAREP Online Cover Crop Database includes a searchable and browseable list of 32 cover crop species plant descriptions.
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Un breve articulo por Roland Bunch en el boletín "ECHO Notas de Desarrollo", Edición 58 Febrero 1998. Trata del uso de abonos verdes/cultivos de cobertura en Mesoamerica y su valor.
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Un breve articulo de fondo por Roland Bunch en el boletín "ECHO Notas de Desarrollo", Edición 58 Febrero 1998. Trata del uso de abonos verdes/cultivos de cobertura en Mesoamerica y su valor.
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A University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program page with research summaries of annual cropping systems, sustainable agriculture systems, and tree and vine crops.
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Describes the origins and botanical features of velvetbean, velvetbean in the United States, and velvetbean use in Mesoamerica.
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Professional development Program report. The objectives of this program were to develop extension training curricula emphasizing the paradigm of sustainable agriculture under island eco-systems; and, train extension agents and other field-level agriculture professionals to enable them to help farmers implement sustainable agriculture strategies at the field level in tropical areas of the western region.
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This site has links to 199798 Program Report, grant application information, sustainable agriculture resources, and SARE grant awards for 1997.
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This 1999 article published in the Journal of Cotton Science discusses a study conducted in Blackstone and Dothan-Norfolk, Virginia (USA) from 1995 to 1997. Cotton crops in this area may not produce enough crop residue to reduce erosion and protect soil between crops. Consequently, the objectives of the study were to evaluate selected cover crops in terms of biomass production, percentage ground cover, and aboveground nitrogen assimilation.
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This paper, published online in the Journal of Cotton Science, discusses a field study conducted from 1995-97 in Blackstone, Virginia (USA) to determine the effects of cover crops and tillage systems on soil moisture, cotton yeild, and cotton quality.
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This brief article from West Virginia University's extension service offers suggestions on choosing and establishing a winter cover crop.
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