Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Part 1 Background
Chapter-1 Nature and Agriculture
1.1 The Ecosystem of the Natural
Forest
1.2 Differences between Agriculture
and Natural Forest
1.3 Water
1.4 Characteristics of the Tropical
Ecosystem
Chapter-2 Soil
2.1 What is Soil?
2.2 The Functions and Qualities of
the Soil?
Chapter-3 Problems with Chemical Agriculture
3.1 Ecological Problems
3.2 Economic Problems
3.3 Social Problems
Chapter-4 Principles of Ecological Agriculture
4.1 Diversity
4.2 Living Soil
4.3 Recycling
4.4 Multi-Story Structure
Part 2 Practical Methods
Chapter-5 Soil Fertilization and Conservation
5.1 The Principles of Soil Fertilization and conservation
5.2 Mulch with Less Tillage
5.3 Green Manure
5.4 Compost
5.5 Planting Trees and Grasses along the Boundary
Chapter-6 The Cropping System
6.1 The Problems with the Present Cropping System
6.2 An Alternative Cropping System
6.3 Diverse Cropping
6.4 Crop Rotation
6.5 Mixed Cropping
Chapter-7 Pest Management
7.1 What is the Pest and What is the Problem?
7.2 The Vicious Cycle of Chemical Pest Control
7.3 Natural Pest Management
7.4 Weeds
Chapter-8 Self Seed Production
8.1 Problems with HYV, Hybrid (F1) and Purchased Seed
8.2 Advantages of Self Seed Production
8.3 The Process for Self Seed Production
Pictures References
Reading List
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