Integrated watershed management and landscape approaches. On top of steep hills, diverse forests or pastures can be needed. Also, run-off water should be managed, so fields get a steady water […]
Cover picture: Shelter belt as windbreak. This is one form of agroforestry where interactions of trees or shrubs and crops are used. Agroforestry does not necessarily mean that the field […]
Intercropping means growing different crops at the same (or overlapping) time and same area. Relay intercropping means that crops only overlap some part of the time. Strip intercropping means stripes of […]
Vegetative soil conservation Good protective cover near the soil surface early in the growing season of crops is important for soil and water conservation – at least in stripes across […]
Tillage like ploughing, harrowing, ridging or hoeing can help water to enter the soil and reduce wind at a roughened soil surface, but can often powderise soil and thus making […]
Soil conservation structures protect the soil before seasonal crops establish. They can be constructed directly from the start or develop from lines with protecting contour stripes. Soil conservation structures range […]
Several practical principles for soil and water conservations are important to be understood and combined – including how to use them so they help rather than harm and give multiple […]
Understand practically important principles and signs of soil degradation and erosion by Torsten Mandal, agronomist Causes of soil erosion. Bare loose soil can easily be eroded by wind or water […]
Do you lose your maize yield due to stemborers and Striga? Learn how the push-pull habitat management approach leads to higher yields of maize Stemborers and Striga weeds cause significant losses to […]
Authors: Dayana Andrade & Felipe Pasini What is Syntropy? (and what does it have to do with agriculture?) In short, syntropy is the complementary opposite of entropy. While entropy governs […]
Sunflower Seed and Oil Yield per hectare and acre Sunflower farmers concentrate all their efforts during the cultivation season to ensure that their crops will manage to reach their potential […]
Sunflower pests and diseases Even though the sunflower can be infested and infected by various pests and diseases, the need for control measures is not very common. However, the threats […]
Weed control in sunflower Despite its large final size, sunflower is very sensitive to weed competition during the first growth stages of the plant. Weeds compete with plants in terms […]
First of all, you have to consider the soil condition of your field through semi-annual or annual soil testing before applying any fertilization method. There are no two identical fields […]
Sunflower is grown in many parts of the world as a rain-fed, dryland, or irrigated crop. The plant’s deep root system is responsible for providing drought tolerance, as it can […]
To successfully cultivate sunflowers and help the plants reach their yield potential, the farmer needs to know and control the factors affecting the seed germination and crop establishment. Planting time […]
What to consider when selecting a sunflower variety Nowadays, most sunflower seeds in the market are hybrids. In that sense, a farm-saved seed is significantly less productive, and the grower […]
The history of Sunflower Sunflower is the most popular oilseed crop in Europe and North America, where the crop originated and was domesticated during the first millennium B.C. While the […]
