Integrating cover crops and green manures helps farmers rehabilitate degraded soils in highland areas. In Ecuador, farmers experimented with this conservation practice. They found that it improved their farming system in many ways: increased productivity in their main crop, decreased weeding time, provided them with an extra crop (for food, fodder, marketing), besides rehabilitating their soils.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/cover-crops-do-it-all
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mximo-gerardo-ochoa-jcome
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pedro-j-oyarzun
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/leisa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-reclamation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-fertilisers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legumes
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grasses
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agroecosystem-planning
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecuador
