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Subject listing for: Crop and Fallow Systems |
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This website is an information resource for developing sustainable agroecosystems, emphasizing international training, research, and application of agroecological science to solving real world problems. Building on the first Agroecology textbook, this site offers agroecological knowledge to anyone concerned with sustainable food systems. We also conduct training courses and intensive workshops on-site in Santa Cruz, California, including the International Short Course in Agroecology and support international activities linking agroecology and sustainability, such as the August 1999 Symposium on Ecological Processes in Agricultural Landscapes. This site also provides tools for understanding principles of agroecology using a series of case studies, an agroecology discussion forum, and a glossary of agroecological terms.
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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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Conclusion of Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture Farmer Innovation with Mucuna, a book by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, and Gustavo Sain
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A concise introduction to cover cropping from Ohio State University Extension.
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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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CropSyst is a multi-year, multi-crop, daily time step simulation model, and a tool to study the effect of cropping systems management on productivity and the environment. Developed in Turbo Pascal 6.0 for MS-DOS in 1996, an updated version is being developed in C++. Available here are instructions for obtaining a free copy and for using the model.
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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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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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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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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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A site that leads to over 75 concise fact sheets of agroforestry species that can be used for a variety of purposes including green manure, fodder, soil and water conservation, alley cropping, live fencing, land rehabilitation, fallow management and general soil fertility improvement.
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This brief article explains why fallows and rotation crops may not be useful in controlling nematode populations in banana plantations in North Queensland, Australia.
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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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This site contains the table of contents for crop rotation, legume, and other cropping systems papers presented at the 2001 Australian Agronomy Conference.
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An analysis to determine whether inclusion of animals in alley cropping systems increases system productivity and sustainability.
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Plenary Session VIII: Thematic Papers: Property Rights, Markets & Institutions
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This paper answers questions regarding the benefits from improved leguminous fallows, mixed species fallows, recommended species combinations as well as the management of mixed species fallows.
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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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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 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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This is a paper on reclamation of lowland tropical forests. It argues that due to rapid population growth, grass fallow is increasingly the choice of subsistence agriculturalists. When fallow systems are shortened, weed growth explodes and soil fertility declines which result in soil losses and nutrient depletion. Thus, the length of the fallow period becomes a critical factor for the long-term sustainability of these temporarily cleared plots.
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Descripción de varios sistemas históricos y actuales en la costa Pacífica, la cuenca Amazónica, América Central, Asia incluyendo beneficios, cultivos asociados y prácticas. Excelente bibliografía. Artículo presentado en 1992 al "Taller Sobre Sistemas de Siembra con Coberturas: Sistemas Sostenibles" realizado en San José, Costa Rica.
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A paper on various slash and mulch systerms in different parts of the world.
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This book gives a description of slash/mulch systems used around the world. Ordering information is included.
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A comparison of spatial characteristics of forest clearing, fallow clearing and regrowth patches between two study sites using Landsat-thematic mapper images obtained April 1986 and 1990 for northern Guatemala.
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An article on Hillside Agriculture in Colombia involving a variety of watersheds and the use of ecologically sound technologies. This article is also available in Spanish.
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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 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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This book is a scientific audit of the safety and effectiveness of the plant as used for erosion control. $11.95 USD. Free user ID necessary to access site.
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The GMCC Workshop Series
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Developed at Cornell University (USA) this information resource page includes descriptions with pictures of a variety of agroforestry and organic agriculture practices. Also included are references and links.
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This UC SAREP Cover Crop Database includes over 5,000 items gleaned from more than 600 separate sources, including journal articles, conference proceedings, standard textbooks, unpublished data, and personal communications from researchers and farmers. The information in the database concerns the management and effects of more than 32 species of plants usable as cover crops. More than 400 different cover crop images are also available for viewing online.
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This site has information on the use of mucuna to control
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This site reports current developments in land resources, ranging from scientific aspects to conservation, evaluation, management, policy, and role in development planning.
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This is a report of a funded project whose research focuses primarily on the ability of the alley cropping technique to provide sufficient nutrients to tree crops, as well as the economic feasibility of the practice for orchards.
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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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