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Subject listing for: Miscellaneous Tropical Systems |
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Published in 1998 by ECHO, this 9 page technical note in pdf format can be downloaded or read on-line.
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This CIMMYT paper describes maize research and development in Tanzania, gives production technology recommendations, and discusses the cultural as well as socioeconomic factors that influence maize production.
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El sitio da acceso a boletines en línea documentando experiencias con distintos sistemas de cultivos de cobertura / abonos verdes asociados con maíz, maicillo (sorgo), hortalizas, y plantaciones de frutales, café, palmas africanas y más.
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This photo collection depicts different types of landscape transformations produced by ancient communities in the Americas in an effort to combat frost in agriculture.
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This 1995 University of Pennsylvania (USA) article describes Clark L. Erickson's study and re-establishment of 2000 year old waru-waru or raised field farming systems in the Llanos de Moxos of Bolivia.
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Varios fotos de CIDICCO demonstrando sistemas alternativas de agricultura.
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Published by ILEIA in 1996 this article discusses terraces, waru-waru (raised fields), and qochas in the Andes as past and present intensive agricultural systems.
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La página de entrada a los informes técnicos accesibles en línea del Centro Internacional de Información sobre Cultivos de Cobertura (CIDICCO). Contiene breves artículos que documentan sistemas y resultados de estudios de abonos verdes o de cultivos de cobertura.
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Un articulo contando de la historia de waru waru, y la experiencia de PIWA de construir y reconstruir 2,127 hectareas de sistemas de waru waru.
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This brief research report compares the "Three Sisters" polyculture with a conventional monoculture cropping system. The project was carried out at the Brown Family Environmental Center in Ohio (USA).
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This Native American Technology and Art site contains a variety of general information on the history of corn, the three sisters cropping system, and the uses of cornhusks.
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Escrito por Miguel A., este artículo en la Revista de CLADES, Agroecología y Desarrollo (marzo 1991), incluye una tabla con ejemplos de sistemas de manejo de suelos, agua, y vegetación utilizados por agricultores tradicionales del Tercer Mundo y referencias a la literatura científica.
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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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Posted on a Cornell University (USA) course website this chapter from a book a book on plant disease management in traditional agricultural systems, defines raised bed or raised field agriculture and provides a number of examples.
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This chapter from an on-line source book gives a technical description of Waru-Waru, a farming system based on the construction of a network of embankments and canals.
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Published on-line in the New Agriculturist, this brief article describes raised field agriculture (Waru Waru) around Lake Titicaca, on the border between Bolivia and Peru.
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Este articulo explica sobre los antecedentes historicos, diseno costos, y mas informacion sobre terrazas de formacion lenta.
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This very brief article describes Waru Waru, networks of hills believed to have been built by ancient Andean farmers to protect crops from frost and floods.
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This page gives an historical description of the three sisters cropping system (corn, beans, and squash).
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This page contains a script of a brief radio presentation describing the three sisters agricultural system -- intercropping maize, beans and squash. The script is designed for rural audiences in developing countries.
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