Progress in agricultural practices

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  Agroecological techniques to reduce the use of insecticides

  05/12/2012 Andrew Hobson

  Can we stop using insecticide on vegetables?  Now, thanks to the Gamour project, we can. The project held their final workshop on November 21-24 in St. Pierre, Reunion. The technique targets the flies which can devastate crops of chayo, courgette and other cucurbits. Let's discover these techniques on video.

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  Conservation agriculture : the challenge of changing widespread farming practices in Madagascar

  12/02/2013 Andrew Hobson

  1. Keep ploughing to a minimum. 2.Mix and rotate crops. 3.Use ground cover. These are the three main principles of conservation agriculture, according to the FAO. In Madagascar today, thousands of farmers benefit from direct sowing techniques on plant cover, thus respecting these principles. On 1 and 2 December, a national symposium was held in Madagascar on the issue of dissemination of these techniques on a large scale.

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