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| //Orient_ China/ | //Orient_ China/ | ||
| - | * 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 |
| * minute holdings | * minute holdings | ||
| * dominance of food and forage crops | * dominance of food and forage crops | ||
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| * use of animal waste (especially in china, even the human waste found its way back to the land), Nothing is waste | * use of animal waste (especially in china, even the human waste found its way back to the land), Nothing is waste | ||
| * leguminous plants are common(indo gangetic plains have pigeon pea which is also a sub soil cultivator) | * leguminous plants are common(indo gangetic plains have pigeon pea which is also a sub soil cultivator) | ||
| - | * absence of soil inversion ploughs( soil inversion for the destruction of weeds in hot climate is unnecessary in hot climate since the same work is done by the sun for free !! Also preserving the level of fields is essential for surface drainage and to prevent water logging ) | + | * absence of soil inversion ploughs( soil inversion for the destruction of weeds in hot climate is unnecessary in hot climate since the same work is done by the sun for free! Also preserving the level of fields is essential for surface drainage and to prevent water logging ) |
| * adequate suppply of labour | * adequate suppply of labour | ||
| * regional variables a common feature | * regional variables a common feature | ||