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traditional_farming_notes [2008-04-10 10:31] – 81.188.78.24traditional_farming_notes [2008-04-14 21:21] – sanjeev
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 === Excerpts from "An Agriculture Testament" by Sir Albert Howard published in 1940 === === Excerpts from "An Agriculture Testament" by Sir Albert Howard published in 1940 ===
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 These notes form a part of [[sanjeev shankar]]'s research, which is summarised in his [[research_report_sanjeev-shankar|research report]] These notes form a part of [[sanjeev shankar]]'s research, which is summarised in his [[research_report_sanjeev-shankar|research report]]
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 //Orient_ China/India/Japan// //Orient_ China/India/Japan//
  
-* System of peasant farming for centuries. Agricultural practices are as permanent as those of the primeval forest +  * System of peasant farming for centuries. Agricultural practices are as permanent as those of the primeval forest 
-* Comparable to systems found in Costarica, Guatemala and other parts of Latin America +  * Comparable to systems found in Costarica, Guatemala and other parts of Latin America 
-* Chief characteristics: +Chief characteristics include: 
   * minute holdings    * minute holdings 
   * dominance of food and forage crops   * dominance of food and forage crops