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Animal traction and single-axle tractor drawn planters in Conservation Agriculture

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This practice describes how a single axle tractor can be used to speed up the seeding process.

Language English

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