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Intercropping of chilies (or other short-term crops) between young orange trees is a type of agro-forestry system which increases income, makes ultimate use of land resources, saves time for maintenance and irrigation, and improves soil fertility by using crop residue with cow manure as fertilizer, thereby reducing the use of …

• Compiler: Be Gechkim
• 09/08/2017 5:58 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.

Intercropping of annual cropping (peanut) with cashew trees farm aims to fill the free space of land between cashew trees. This kind of crop cover prevents soil erosion and improves soil fertility. At the same time peanut cultivation is economically interesting for the farmers as it enjoys high market demand.

• Compiler: Navin Chea
• 05/19/2017 9:12 a.m.

Home gardens, containing tree, shrub, herbs, vine, tuber layers as well as poultry, produce food for household consumption as well as an additional income.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 10/17/2014 8:13 a.m.

Apiculture (beekeeping) is a traditional practice providing a high number of non-timber forest products.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/16/2010 9:22 a.m.

Afforestation is one of the key technologies to address the fragility of ecosystems: it provides better protection against erosion and makes better use of rainfall in order to maintain the sustainability of agricultural systems.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 08/05/2011 11:45 a.m.

Vegetative measure based on the planting of the bush, Leucaena leucocephala, on line along the level curves in the steep slopes

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 09/25/2013 11:28 a.m.

It is a technique which uses the structure of a cross-slope barrier of Aloe vera to combat soil erosion by decreasing surface wash and increasing infiltration.

• Compiler: Jacques Tavares
• 10/08/2010 4:21 p.m.

Planting Horsetail Beefwood as a shelter belt along seaside to prevent serious wind and water erosion/destroy of the cropland.

• Compiler: Unknown User
• 11/23/2010 1:37 p.m.

Rehabilitation of degraded hillsides through the establishment of fruit trees on slope-separated orchard terraces, with bahia grass planted as protective groundcover.

• Compiler: Zhanguo Bai
• 11/30/2010 1:38 p.m.