Conservation Farming on Steep Lands

Résumé du livre

Tilting at windmills or fighting real battles; Conserving soil by stealth; Soil conservation on steep lands in the tropics; Planning and implementing soil conservation projects; Options for conservation of steep lands in subsistence agricultural systems; Soil erosion research on steep lands; Food and agriculture organization activities in soil conservation; The USAID approach to soil conservation assistance programs; International activities of the Soil Conservation Service; Sustainable agricultural development in North Thailand: Conservation as a component of success in assistance projects; Assessing economic benefits of soil conservation: Indonesia's upland model farm program; Institutional constraints to soil conservation on steep lands; Conservation practices and runoff water disposal on steep lands; Soil and water conservation lessons from steep-slope farming in French-speaking countries of Africa; Conservation of cropland on steep slopes in eastern Africa; A review of watershed development projects in South Korea, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Ethiopia; Demonstration and extension of soil and water conservation principles in Latin America; Soil taxonomy and steep lands; Controlled-erosion terraces in Venezuela; Elephant grass for soil erosion control and livestock feed; The Kenyan model of soil conservation; Demonstrating conservation practices on steep lands in Jamaica; Integrating conservation into farming systems: the Malawi experience; The Epplalock catchment project: a soil conservation sucess story; ...