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Subject listing for: Soil Moisture Retention |
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Este informe presenta detalles de como y cuando preparar canales o zanjas trazadas sobre curvas a nivel en una manera menos costosa que hacerlas de forma manual. Experiencia en conservación del suelo compartido por Programa Regional de Fomento de la Tracción Animal, FOMENTA.
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New Mexico State University Extension gives a list of ways to measure water penetration and soil moisture, including diagrams.
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Posted by K. Steiner on a mulch L discussion board, this paper presents conservation farming as "an effective in-situ water harvesting strategy for small-holder farmers in drought and dry-spell prone sevannas."
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This publication defines conservation tillage and its effects on surface and ground water quality.
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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This ATTRA agronomy technical note includes information on drought resistant soils, encompassing facts on the texture, aggregation, organic matter and water-holding capacity, and ground cover.
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Informe científico publicado en el a 2000 en Terra, Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo. Analiza los efectos de la humedad del suelo, cubiertas orgánicas (estiércol, pasto, suelo desnudo) y fertilización foliar en el desarrollo y la distribución radical del manzano 'Agua Nueva II.'
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Este estudio evaluó, bajo lluvia simulada, las pérdidas de suelos y agua donde se aplicaron coberturas de barbecho mejorado solas o combinadas con estiércol de pollo, en calidades y cantidades diferentes. Los residuos utilizados fueron de Crotalaria juncea y Cajanus cajan. Revista VENESUELOS (1996).
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This site describes how to estimate soil moisture as well as how to read moisture sensors.
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This 126 page extension bulletin provides information on sustainable soil moisture management, with an emphasis on tropics and sub-tropics. FAO, 2003, pdf format.
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This website contains a downloadable dataset showing the global distribution of soil water holding capacity. It was developed in 1990 at the NASA/Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS).
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Hoja sencilla con dibujos - una sección del libro disponible en internet titulado "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). Se enfoca en el manejo de la humedad del suelo en condiciones húmedas, en verano o en climas secos, y en la estación lluviosa.
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Colorado State University Extension Service describes how to manage soil compaction, recognize and identify symptoms of compaction, as well as how to alleviate and minimize soil compaction.
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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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Originally published in 1992, this paper evaluated Vapor Gaurd, cover crops, and mulches for their effectiveness in soil and water conservation in 2 yr old palm plantations.
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Esta publicación en la Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay) evalúa el efecto de dos sistemas de coberturas en el cultivo de algodón en Venezuela. Los tratamientos incluyen: labranza convencional, labranza mínima con residuos de Crotalaria juncea, labranza mínima con residuos de barbecho natural y labranza mínima con subsolado y residuos de Crotalaria.
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This brief 1996 University of Nebraska (USA) extension article discusses using stubble-mulch farming for erosion control, and increased soil moisture in the Great Plains region.
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Colorado State University Extension provides facts regarding soil testing, water testing, manure testing, and plant analysis.
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This 1999 article in PROSI Magazine uses examples from Mauritius to discuss water management for improved crop production. Topics discussed include crop residue, mulch, contour cultivation, terracing, soil fertility, compost, pest control, and more.
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This University of Florida extension materials main page connects to information on soil fertility, quality, testing, surveys, properties, field methods, nutrient management, plant nutrition, and related topics. Connects to Spanish publications.
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This FAO Soils Bulletin resulted from a 1991 training course on tillage and residue management in Africa. Its 10 on-line chapters cover erosion control, soil moisture conservation, agroforestry and alley farming, runoff, and conservation tillage.
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This FAO soils bulletin is an detailed online book that describes and discusses concepts and strategies for sustainable dryland cropping systems, from soil chemical and biological factors to social and economic issues.
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This is a basic fact sheet about conservation tillage, including information on no-till, ridge-till and mulch till.
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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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