Sustainable Dryland Farming - Chatterton, Lynne
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Sheep and wheat are the staples of dryland farms in the Mediterranean zone of the Northern hemisphere. The commonly used dryland farming system introduced in the 1950s is proving unsustainable. Erosion has reached a critical level and pastures have all but disappeared. Experts advise more cropping (forage crops for instance) and more fertiliser. Yet intensification of the present system will only hasten erosion. Is there an alternative system that is both environmentally sustainable and within the means of most farmers in the region? Innovative farmers in a similar climate in Australia…mehr

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Sheep and wheat are the staples of dryland farms in the Mediterranean zone of the Northern hemisphere. The commonly used dryland farming system introduced in the 1950s is proving unsustainable. Erosion has reached a critical level and pastures have all but disappeared. Experts advise more cropping (forage crops for instance) and more fertiliser. Yet intensification of the present system will only hasten erosion. Is there an alternative system that is both environmentally sustainable and within the means of most farmers in the region? Innovative farmers in a similar climate in Australia discovered a sustainable rotation using annual medics as both fertiliser and pasture. Attempts to transfer their knowledge have often foundered. Why is this so? How much do the experts know about this system? This book pulls apart the warp and weft of development on dryland farms to try to find some answers to these questions.

Table of contents:
Preface; Part I. Medic and Other Systems: 1. Why use medic?; 2. Farming in South Australia before medic; 3. Medics and sub-clover on the farms; Part II. The Projects: 4. A demonstration medic farm in Libya; 5. The grazing phase and farmer training; 6. A medic project in Algeria, 7. A medic project in Jordan; 8. Two medic projects in Iraq; Part III. Institutions, Agencies, Local Farmers and Technicians: 9. Institutions, agencies and medic 1950-1980; 10. Institutions, agencies and medic 1980-1993; 11. On the farms in Tunisia; 12. On the farms in Morocco; 14. The future of medic; Bibliography; Index.

Dryland farmers in Mediterranean zones need a new farming system to help prevent soil erosion and increase production of sheep and wheat. This book tells how such a system was discovered in Australia, and considers what is needed to enable farmers in other dryland zones to benefit from its benevolent effects and productivity.

Describes a sustainable system of dryland agriculture based on medic pasture.