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The integrated farming system (IFS) includes basically the mixture of different farming components like crops, fruit tree cultivation, fish and livestock husbandry on the same farm plot. IFS help significantly to improve soil quality and crop production by using a minimum of external agricultural inputs.

• Compiler: Sok Pheak
• 05/17/2017 10:06 a.m.

The use of old newspapers to wrap up bitter gourd, so as to prevent the fruit from being damaged by insects, and to protect them from direct sunlight and contact with pesticides. This agricultural approach only uses animal manure, fish heads and urea (46-0-0) as fertilizer to improve the soil’s …

• Compiler: vann vun
• 04/25/2017 6:52 a.m.

Crop diversification is the practice of simultaneously cultivating two or multiple varieties of crops in a given area whilst at the same time applying crop rotation and/or intercropping. In this case study the land user has been practicing crop diversification with eleven different crop varieties.

• Compiler: Navin Chea
• 08/22/2017 10:52 a.m.

Crop rotation is a component of integrated pest management (IPM) which can contribute to an improvement in crop production with a standardized and reduced use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

• Compiler: Be Gechkim
• 09/01/2017 9:11 a.m.

Intercropping of eggplants between mango trees and the application of straw mulching on the plants’ roots and the land so as to retain soil moisture by reducing heat-induced evaporation. When the rice straw rots, it provides organic matter and makes soil less compact. The farmer can benefit from the short-term …

• Compiler: Navin Chea
• 05/17/2017 4:16 a.m.

Rice husks as well as empty seeds are pyrolised and used as a soil amendment in the rice seed beds and the vegetable gardens.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 10/27/2014 12:32 a.m.

Some points of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology, like the row transplanting of young seedlings and the use of compost are adapted and applied in Kampong Chhnang.

• Compiler: Christoph Kaufmann
• 10/16/2014 4:17 p.m.

Dry compost is made from raw materials of cow manure, rice straw, rice husks, ash, leaves, waste from kitchen and water for application on paddy rice field to improveof soil quality and reduce chemical fertilizers.

• Compiler: Navin Chea
• 10/13/2017 4:11 a.m.

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.