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Intercropping Cover Crops in Young Coconut
Sow a legume cover crop across the interrow while your coconut palms are young and the ground is still open to light. In a young coconut planting, the wide
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SALT and Sloping-Land Cover Crops in the Uplands
Combine contour hedgerows with a legume cover between them to hold upland soil on a slope. Sloping Agricultural Land Technology, or SALT, is a Philippine
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After the Typhoon: A Soil-Recovery Program
Stabilise the bare soil first, then re-establish a legume cover. After a typhoon strips your canopy and scours the interrows, the immediate risk is erosion
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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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Carbon Project Readiness: A Checklist for PH Estates
Before you commit to a soil-carbon project, get your baseline, your data, and your documentation in order. A carbon project pays for measured, verified
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Organic Certification and Cover Crops (PNS and IFOAM)
Cover crops fit organic certification as an on-farm source of nitrogen and soil fertility, but they do not by themselves certify a farm. Philippine organic
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Cover Crops for Saline and Coastal Philippine Soils
Match the cover crop to the salt level and improve the soil before you expect a full stand. On saline and coastal Philippine soils, the...