 | Better Farming Series 07 - Crop Farming (FAO - INADES, 1976, 29 p.) |
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|  | Plan of work |
| | (introduction...) |
| | How to till |
| | By hand |
| | With animal power |
| | Depth of tillage |
| | When to plough |
| | Harrowing |
| | Sowing |
| | Choosing seed |
| | When to sow |
| | How to sow |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Sowing in rows |
| | Sowing in rows by hand |
| | Sowing with animal power |
| | Transplanting |
| | Looking after the crops |
| | Weeding |
| | Earthing up |
| | Hoeing |
| | Thinning |
| | Harvesting |
| | How to harvest |
| | How to get a better price for the harvest |
| | Grade your crops. |
| | Store your harvest well. |
| | Farmers get together to sell. |
| | Suggested question paper |
Sowing in rows
By sowing in rows you can:
· get rid of weeds more easily. The animal drawing the cultivator can walk between the rows. The work is done more quickly, and can be done more often.
· give each plant the same amount of fertilizer.
· apply water when possible.
It is better to sow in rows.
Sowing in rows
On sloping land, make the rows across the slope to stop erosion.
· As an example take groundnuts:
Leave 60 centimetres between rows. Leave 15 centimetres between seeds. This gives about 110 000 groundout plants to the hectare.
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