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The practice of improving the conditions of a sandy soil by natural fertilizers and liquid compost application increases the crop production, as it leads to a substantial improvement of the soil quality. It improves the water retention capacity, improves the soil structure (less compaction), eases the nutrient absorption and finally, …

• Compiler: Be Gechkim
• 07/18/2017 10:42 a.m.

Cultivation of mixed organic vegetables utilizing natural fertilizers and homemade pesticides so as to reduce expenditure on external agriculture inputs, as well as produce organic vegetables that safeguard both the producers’ and consumers’ health. This practice is mainly suitable for the maintenance and improvement of the soil’s fertility.

• Compiler: Sok Pheak
• 08/23/2017 4:04 p.m.

Un verger, planté avec différentes espèces fruitières et fixatrices d'azote alternés dans les rang, est conduit sans pésticides, grace a une diversité d'espèces végétales (plantes aromatiques, mellifères) qui de plus attirent une diversité animale.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 05/15/2017 11:55 a.m.

Carrob tree protection from rat attacks include protection of trees directly by using aluminium layers as rings on the neck of the carob trees in order to keep rats away from climbing on the threes and thus causing problens on fruits and new branches. Furthermore, poisonus rat baits are attached …

• Compiler: Michalakis Christoforou
• 07/26/2015 2:43 p.m.

Tecnología que consiste en la transformación de los desechos (residuos) orgánicos (estiércol, restos de plantas, etc) en humus, mediante la cría intensiva de lombriz de tierra y la actividad natural de microorganismos. Con esta técnica se genera humus orgánico solido o líquido que sirve para la producción agroecológica u orgánica …

• Compiler: Pablo Caza
• 11/17/2017 3:39 p.m.

Cover crops are crops grown on bare, fallow farmland or under a main crop to cover and conserve the soil by protecting it from exposure to the sun, wind, and direct impact of rain. It fixes nitrogen (if a legume), improves soil fertility, supplies livestock fodder, and helps manage both …

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 01/26/2023 12:45 p.m.

Vermicompost is the product of the decomposition process using various species of earthworms. It is a form of humus and is produced through worms digesting and excreting organic in their casts. Vermicompost has been shown to be an effective organic soil amendment, reducing the need for inorganic fertilizers.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 02/06/2023 6:39 p.m.

Collection of livestock urine allows resource-poor farmers to capture nutrient-rich livestock waste and use it to substitute urea fertilizer. It is a liquid organic product that restores soil fertility and pest management.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 01/21/2023 8 a.m.

Bioslurry is a byproduct of the anaerobic process used for production of methane (biogas). It is derived from the manure used to feed the biodigester. Bioslurry is an organic fertilizer that serves as a replacement for chemical fertilizers, and also plays a pesticidal role.

• Compiler: GERBA LETA
• 02/07/2023 6:59 p.m.

Use of different mixes of plant cover for livestock fodder which are simultaneously favourable for biodiversity by improving soil health, and reducing the need for agrochemicals.

• Compiler: Alan Radbourne
• 02/17/2020 5:07 p.m.