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Session 7:
Session 7:
Maintaining soil
Maintaining soil
fertility
fertility
Session 7:
Session 7:
Maintaining soil
Maintaining soil
fertility
fertility
Corresponding principle:
Principle 9.
Soil management and conservation
Corresponding principle:
Principle 9.
Over-application of chemical fertilizers
•
Loss of micro-organisms in the soil
•
Not knowing what nutrients are missing in the
soil
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How to keep your soil fertile?
1. Soil analysis
Corresponding criterion:
9.2
Corresponding criterion:
9.2
How to keep your soil fertile?
3. Composting organic residues from the
farm
Corresponding criterion:
9.2
Corresponding criterion:
9.2
Banana farmer composting banana
stems
Mango farmer composting dropped
fruits
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3. Composting organic residues from the
farm
Optional videos
You can find the following optional videos as
“Attachments” to this course.
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Composting cocoa pods (in English)
•
Composting coffee pulp with earth worm (in
How to keep your soil fertile?
4. Resting your land periodically
Corresponding criterion:
9.2
Corresponding criterion:
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Coffee farmer in Brazil
Summary
Soil analysis Soil analysis
Application of organic fertilizer
Application of organic fertilizer
Composing organic residue from the
farm
Composing organic residue from the
farm
Resting your land periodically
