Agronomy
Cassava Soil Conservation with Cover Crops
Cassava soil conservation depends on cover crops and contour hedgerows, because cassava is a wide-spaced, slow-covering crop that leaves soil bare and
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Agronomy
Legume before rice: lifting Philippine paddy yield
Growing a legume before rice raises the following rice crop's yield by about 15.7 percent and lets you cut synthetic nitrogen substantially. A global
Agronomy
Corn-Legume Rotation for Philippine Farms
A corn-legume rotation raises the yield of the following crop and rebuilds soil nitrogen and carbon, which lets Philippine farmers cut synthetic nitrogen
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Why your cover-crop seed is slow: hard seed and germination
If you sowed a good cover-crop legume and only part of it came up, the seed was probably not dead: a lot of it was...
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Biofertilisers for Philippine smallholders: the honest version
Biofertilisers can support crop growth and soil biology, but they are an addition to good fertility management, not a replacement for it. A biofertiliser is
Agronomy
Cover-Crop Seed Storage and Viability in Humid Conditions
Store cover-crop seed cool, dry, and sealed, because heat and humidity are what kill viability fastest in the Philippines. Legume cover-crop seed loses
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Seed testing and quality for Philippine buyers: ISTA, AOSA, BPI
When you buy cover-crop or forage seed, the numbers on the label decide what you actually get in the field. A germination percentage, a purity...