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The cultivation of eggplants by using plastic mulch and a drip irrigation system in order to control weeds, retain soil moisture, save water and reduce labor for maintenance, weeding, watering, and the application of fertilizer for increase production and income.

• Compiler: Navin Chea
• 08/21/2017 10:19 a.m.

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is collected during the monsoon floods, attached to poles on the flooded fields, chopped when the water recedes and used as mulch to plant different crops.

• Compiler: Christoph Kaufmann
• 10/16/2014 2:52 p.m.

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 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.

A solar water pump is a technology that uses solar panels to convert the solar power to electricity for pumping water from different sources including an underground source of water. The use of solar water pump is to reduces the operating costs, and avoid the CO2 emission, which is a …

• Compiler: Sok Pheak
• 10/12/2017 9:12 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.