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Save and Grow Farming Systems Fact Sheet - 10

Year of publication 2016

Pages 2p.

Author G. Thomas

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The tenth fact sheet in the Save and Grow series presents the key points for increasing crop yields of wheat by planting on zero-tilled land, rotating wheat with summer oats, replacing summer fallows with maize, sunflower and canola, and by decomposing residues on wheat fields trap winter snows, which helps maintain soil moisture, and release acids that suppress weeds.

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