Agriculture

“Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labor; of looking at…

Permaculture is a process, continually rethought and built upon. It does not belong to anyone person or rely on one charismatic leader. However, certain insightful…

Waterlogging and salinization are age-old nemeses of irrigated agriculture, and they continue to plague irrigated regions around the world. In fact, about 25% of the…

In agriculture, monoculture is the practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming…

Biodiversity or Biological diversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. It is a term that describes the variety…

Crop Rotation is defined as the intentional planting of different types of crops in different parts of the field and at different seasons in a…

Crop rotation is a very practical way of farming. It is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same…

Heirloom plants are older cultivars of a particular fruit or vegetable that are grown in very small numbers today. Heirlooms do not play a large…

An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, heritage fruit (Australia and New Zealand), or heirloom vegetable (especially in Ireland and the UK) is an open-pollinated cultivar that…

Polyculture is an agricultural method also known as mixed cropping. In adopting polyculture, the farmer dedicates agricultural land to multiple crops or animals at once.…

In agriculture, “Monoculture Farming” is a relatively new technique, and it is now the basis for most of our agriculture. Really, it is nothing more…

Monoculture farming means that on a given agricultural land is grown only one species of a crop at a time. If two or more species…