L. Chatterton, B. Chatterton, Lynne Chatterton

Sustainable Dryland Farming

Combining Farmer Innovation and Medic Pasture in a Mediterranean Climate

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The commonly used dryland farming system in the Mediterranean introduced in the 1950s is proving unsustainable. Erosion has reached a critical level and pastures have all but disappeared. 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. This book pulls apart the warp and weft of development on dryland farms to try and find some answers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 541g
• ISBN-13: 9780521337410
• ISBN-10: 0521337410
• Artikelnr.: 21043355

Inhaltsangabe

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.