Slash/Mulch Systems: Sustainable Methods for Tropical Agriculture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781853393402)

This informative overview and analysis of slash/mulch practices from around the world, particularly from the tropics, shows that they have generally shortened the necessary fallow periods and have restored degraded soils, thus increasing or stabilizing yields. These improvements, in turn, have allowed small-scale, resource-poor farmers to compete more effectively with larger commercial farmers and have enabled subsistence farmers to achieve food security.

Author: H. David Thurston
ISBN-10: 1853393401
ISBN-13: 9781853393402
Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
Language: English
Published: 12/15/1997
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d