People's farming workbook / Environmental and Development Agency Trust ; [text by the People's workbook collective and Michelle Nel]. - Cape Town : D. Philip, 1995. - 250 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Content

Introduction
The problems of farming
Start group work
Some thoughts on this book.

Sustainable agriculture
What is is sustainable agriculture
Sustainable techniques
1. Organic gardening
2. Water conservation
3. Agroforestry
4. Permaculture

Homestead
Growing vegetables
Fencing
Laying out the garden
Digging the garden
Growing plants from seeds
Crop rotation
Etc.

Keeping small animals
Keeping pigs
Keeping rabbits
1 How to keep chickens
2 The transport is our big problem in the villages
3 How to produce a lot of food from a a small garden

Trees
Agroforestry
Planting fruits trees
Pruning
Apples
Peaches
Apricots
Etc.

Crops
Choosing a crop
Crop rotation
Ploughing
Planting
The SAWCO co-operative
Etc.

Animals
Rotational grazing
Pastures
Winter feeding
Animals and human health
Cattle

Farm records
Crop records
Animal records
Financial records

A resource list for sustainable agriculture
Books and booklets
Organizations by province







Includes bibliographical references (p. 247) and index: P 249-250

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