WOCAT

Development and promotion of Ecograze [Australia]

Research-based development and promotion of Ecograze principles and practices through on-farm testing and demonstration.

Compiler: Andrew Ash
12/18/2008 midnight

The 'Triple bottom line' [Australia]

A new expression used by agriculturalists in Australia to explain why farmers change practices: the 'triple bottom line' implies economic, environmental and social concerns.

Compiler: Anthony J. Webster
12/31/2008 midnight

Green cane trash blanket [Australia]

Elimination of burning as a pre-harvest treatment of sugar cane, and managing the resultant trash as a protective blanket to give multiple on and off-site benefits.

Compiler: Anthony J. Webster
11/02/2010 3:30 p.m.

No-till with controlled traffic [Australia]

Large-scale no-till grain production with permanent wheel tracks common to all on-farm equipment.

Compiler: Des McGarry
09/28/2010 11:32 a.m.

Ecograze [Australia]

An ecologically sound and practical grazing management system, based on rotation and wet season resting.

Compiler: Andrew Ash
09/27/2010 10:03 a.m.

Incentive-based catchment treatment [Bolivia, Plurinational State of]

A project supported, incentive-based approach: farmers are sensitised about erosion, and involved in gully control and other measures to protect catchments.

Compiler: Unknown User
12/31/2008 midnight

Gully control and catchment protection [Bolivia, Plurinational State of]

Integrated gully treatment consisting of several simple practices including stone and wooden check dams, cut-off drains and reforestation in sediment traps (biotrampas).

Compiler: Georg Heim
11/10/2010 2:25 p.m.

Zabré women’s agroecological programme [Burkina Faso]

A demand-driven initiative, by a women’s association, aimed at the promotion of composting through training and extension, using project staff and local facilitators.

Compiler: Unknown User
12/31/2008 midnight