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Zero tilling and organic farming increase yield: expert [1]

Zero tilling and organic farming will not only eradicate the need for expensive fossil fuel machinery, synthetic fertilizers and crop chemicals but also increase yields substantially and make way for farmers to return to their natural state, said Foundation for Farming, (Zimbabwe) Director Brian Oderive.

He was inaugurating an international workshop on ‘climatic change in agriculture: Adaptation and mitigation strategies,' held at Gandhigram Rural Institute near here on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
22/03/2012
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
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Dindigul (D) [3], Organic Farming [4], Chemical Fertilisers [5], Zimbabwe [6], Farmers [7], Environmentalists [8], Climate Change [9], Atmosphere [10], Agriculture [11], Tamil Nadu [12]
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