A Primer on Organic-Based Rice Farming
|
Contents
Foreword | Page
|
| Sustainable rice farming | 1
|
| Keeping the soil fertile | 9
|
| Factors affecting nutrient needs | 23
|
| Using organic wastes for fertilizer | 29
|
| Using green manure crops for fertilizer | 39
|
| Legumes as green manure | 51
|
| Choosing the right green manure crop | 57
|
| Growing a green manure crop | 67
|
| Propagating plants for green manure | 77
|
| Factors affecting green manure biomass and nitrogen yields | 87
|
| Green manure for different rice-growing environments | 97
|
| Managing nutrients in rice-based systems | 145
|
| Cropping systems for high productivity | 155
|
| The future | 191
|
