Guidelines and reference material on integrated soil and nutrient management and conservation for farmer field schools

Guidelines and reference material on integrated soil and nutrient management and conservation for farmer field schools

Year of publication 2000

Pages 164 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

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Synopsis (short abstract) Historically, land improvement schemes were based on encouraging, through financial incentives, land users to adopt specific soil management and conservation measures. Insufficient attention was paid to the constraints faced by farmers or to the policy, biophysical and socio-economic environment. In many cases such approaches have failed in restoring the natural resources and in increasing productivity in sustainable manner. For too long farmers have been the passive recipients of externally der ived research and extension recommendations for soil management and conservation.

Language English

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