Amaranth to Zai Holes, Ideas for Growing Food under Difficult Conditions (ECHO, 1996, 397 p.): 28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture: Dry farming: Fundamental principles

Amaranth to Zai Holes, Ideas for Growing Food under Difficult Conditions (ECHO, 1996, 397 p.)

28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture

Dry farming

		(introduction...)
		Fundamental principles
		Requirements
		I. Increase water absorption
		II. Reducing the loss of soil moisture
		III. Dry farming practices

1. Farm practices must conserve and utilize the available rainfall to the fullest extent.
2. Quick maturing, drought resistant crops must be grown.