This online article describes the crop rotation system, what it is, its effects and practices.
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This chapter of Infonet Biovision provides additional information about intercropping and crop rotation. The reader gets to know about difficulties, means and practices.
INFONET BIOVISION (2012): Intercropping and Push-Pull. Zurich: URL [Accessed: 09.04.2019]Read more about the importance of soil moisture.
BERRY, W. KETTERINGS, Q. ANTES, S. PAGE, S. RUSSEL-ANELLI, J. RAO, R. DeGLORIA, S. (2007): Soil Texture. Ithaca: Cornell University Cooperative Extension URL [Accessed: 09.04.2019]Infonet-biovision.org is a web-based information platform offering trainers, extension workers and farmers in East Africa a quick access to up-to-date and locally relevant information in order to optimise their livelihoods in a safe, effective, sustainable and ecologically sound way.
INFONET-BIOVISION (2010): Water for Irrigation. Zürich: Biovision URL [Accessed: 09.04.2019]The Guide to efficient plant nutrition management addresses some major issues related to the agronomic management of plant nutrients in an attempt to ensure both enhanced and sustainable agricultural production and to safeguard the environment.
FAO (1998): Guide to Efficient Plant Nutrition Management. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) URL [Accessed: 09.04.2019]This document is an example of a water resources assessment in Haiti.
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (1999): Water Resources Assessment Of Haiti. Washington, DC: US Army Corps of Engineers URL [Accessed: 09.04.2019]A short overview about irrigation needs of crops, their water demand and different growth stages. This three page overview is very comprehensibly written and easy to read. It is an introduction to crop selection.
AL-KAISI BRONER (2009): Crop Water Use and Growth Stages. Colorado State University Extensions: Fort Collins URL [Accessed: 09.04.2019]This factsheet gives an overview how to choose a soil amendment. It talks about the application rate, organic or inorganic amendments, salt and pH content of the soil and if biosolids are safe to use as an amendment.
DAVIS, J.G. WILSON, C.R. (2005): Choosing a Soil Amendment. Fort Collins: Colorado State University URL [Accessed: 08.04.2019]This paper from the Safe Drinking Water Foundation (SDWF) in Canada, is a very informative source about how bottled water is regulated, whether bottled water is really safer than tap water and why we shouldn't drink bottled water.
SDWF (n.y): Bottled Water. Saskatoon, Canada: Safe Drinking Water Foundation (SDWF) URL [Accessed: 08.04.2019]This chapter reviews the recent history of and trends in bottled water, the regulations governing bottled water production and sale, and growing concerns about the costs and implications of bottled water use. It also addresses growing concerns in both industrialised nations where high-quality tap water is readily available and in poorer developing countries where the high cost of bottled water raises questions about equity and access to basic water services for all.
GLEICK, P.H. (2004): The Myth and Reality of Bottled Water. In: GLEICK, P.H. ; (2004): The World's Water. The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources: 2004-2005. Washington, D.C.: . URL [Accessed: 08.04.2019]As bottled water use continues to expand around the world, there is growing interest in the environmental, economical, and social implications of that use, including concerns about waste generation, proper use of groundwater, hydrologic effects on local surface and groundwater, economic costs, and more. This paper estimates the energy footprint required for various phases of bottled water production, transportation, and use.
GLEICK, P.H. ; COOLEY, H.S. (2009): Energy implications of bottled water. In: Environmental Research Letters 4: Volume 4 , 1. URL [Accessed: 08.04.2019]More general information about plants, soil, fertiliser and insect Colorado State University, basic knowledge about garden management