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Systems, Techniques &amp; Tools: CONSERVATION FARMING
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By Ray Wijewardene and Parakrama Waidyanatha
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Drawing from Sri Lankan experience, this book was designed to
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support the field training of low-purchased- input farming
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extension workers. Compiled results from International
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Institute of Tropical Agriculture studies are used to make the
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case for 'no- till' farming.
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The guide explains no-till planting techniques, herbicide use
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and fertilizer application methods. It devotes a complete
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section to the use of low-tech tools such as spinning disc
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sprayers, knapsack sprayers and the IITA punch and rolling
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injection planters. Although not strictly regenerative, these
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methods are of interest, because they are properly scaled for
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small farms. Furthermore, chapter five explains natural
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fertility regenerating systems such as in situ mulching, live
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mulching and alley cropping.
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Project managers, advanced students and field workers will find
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Conservation Farming useful. Its tables build an academic base
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for no-till farming, while the text and illustrations concentrate
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on the system methodology. A useful complement to Low Cost
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Farming. 40 pages, &#163;2.50
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From: The Commonwealth Secretariat
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Marlborough House, Pall Mall
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London SW1
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England 
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