Sustainable Dryland Farming: Combining Farmer Innovation and Medic Pasture in a Mediterranean Climate

by Lynne Chatterton, Brian Chatterton

Overview

Sheep and wheat are the staples of dryland farms in the Mediterranean zone of the Northern Hemisphere. The commonly used dryland farming system introduced in the 1950s, however, is proving unsustainable. What is needed is an alternative system that is both environmentally sustainable and within the means of most farmers in the region. This book analyzes the quagmire of development on dryland farms to try to find some answers to these issues for scientists in agriculture and economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521331418
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/22/1996
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.53(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Medic and Other Systems: 1. Why use medic?; 2. Farming in South Australia before medic; 3. Medics and sub-clover on the farms; Part II. The Projects: 4. A demonstration medic farm in Libya; 5. The grazing phase and farmer training; 6. A medic project in Algeria, 7. A medic project in Jordan; 8. Two medic projects in Iraq; Part III. Institutions, Agencies, Local Farmers and Technicians: 9. Institutions, agencies and medic 1950–1980; 10. Institutions, agencies and medic 1980–1993; 11. On the farms in Tunisia; 12. On the farms in Morocco; 14. The future of medic; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Only when these wider ecological and cultural issues are taken into account can an impression be gained as to whether the medic system is truly sustainable and appropriate for use in North Africa and the Near East." David I. McCracken, Ecoscience

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