IMPROVED FALLOW PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL FOR GUYANA In traditional shifting cultivation , a period of crop cultivation is followed by a long fallow period , in which soil fertility will be recovered . During this period , the natural ...

173 Kass , D.C.L .; Ibrahim , M .; Schlonvoigt , A .; Flores Ruano , O.I .; Perla Mendoza , H.A. Role of animals in improved fallow management in the tropics . Ibrahim , M. ( comp . ) . CATIE , Turrialba ( Costa Rica ) ; GTZ , Eschborn ...

2.3.1 Improved fallow The former method will be difficult to promote at the initiation of an AF programme in Fiji , because in the case of soil improving species , it will be a problem to convince farmers to establish_plants / trees ...

Kass ' , A. Schlönvoigt2 1587 Key words : Improved fallow , perennial crop plantations , homegarden , tree crop association , evolution of agroforestry systems , slash and burn Introduction Based on the remains of fruits found in ...

Yanggen and Reardon look at the impact of introducing improved fallow systems involving kudzu in slash and burn crop ... the study is relevant because the claim that improved fallows will remove farmers ' need to maintain large areas in ...

In the valuation of goods and ecological functions of agricultural systems , the traditional migratory agricultural corn system generates US $ 65 / ha / year , while the improved fallow system with Mucuna pruriens generates $ 215 / ha ...

( 1991 ) are relevant in tropical regions worldwide where land becomes scarce and the fallows are not long enough to restore soils ... Other improved fallow systems rely more on the introduction of valuable species in the fallow period ...

( 1991 ) are relevant in tropical regions worldwide where land becomes scarce and the fallows are not long enough to restore soils ... Other improved fallow systems rely more on the introduction of valuable species in the fallow period ...

Research programs will increasingly focus on the role of perennials in cropping systems , improved fallow , intercropping with food legumes , optimum application of chemical fertilizers , and improved rangeland management .

Effect of Acacia mangium Will as improved fallow on phosphorus availability for subsequent crops in an acid ultisol soil . Turrialba ( Costa Rica ) . 1997. 86 p . 8 fig . 9 tab . Bib . p . 60-68 . Sum . ( En , Es ) .