Mechanization for Rural Development: A Review of Patterns and Progress from Around the World (Integrated Crop Management Series) - Softcover

Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9251076057 ISBN 13: 9789251076057

Publisher: FAO, 2013

Synopsis

This publication gives a wide-ranging perspective on the present state of mechanization in the developing world, and, as such, constitutes a solid platform on which to build strategies for a sustainable future. Farm mechanization forms an integral plank in the implementation of sustainable crop production intensification methodologies and sustainable intensification necessarily means that the protection of natural resources and the production of ecosystem services go hand-in-hand with intensified production practices. This requires specific mechanization measures to allow crops to be established with minimum soil disturbance, to allow the soil to be protected under organic cover for as long as possible, and to establish crop rotations and associations to feed the soil and to exploit crop nutrients from various soil horizons. This work is the starting point to help the reader understand the complexities and requirements of the task ahead.

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Edition details

• Publisher: FAO
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9251076057
• ISBN 13: 9789251076057
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 364