[Market-farming] Growing groundnuts on the flat

Jim Goodman jim at horizonmalawi.org
Sun Nov 9 23:48:26 EST 2008


Hi, I'm a new member farming in Malawi...probably not quite the target 
group...but I am wondering if anyone has ever planted peanuts in a minimum 
tillage/conservation tillage system ...and if so how? We are trying to 
implement a minimum tillage system for soil conservation purposes and work 
with a smallholder farmers association to help them do the same, using our 
farm as a teaching ground. Peanuts (groundnuts) is an important component of 
the farming system here, as I know it is in some parts of the States. My 
main concern is how hard will harvesting could be if peanuts are not planted 
in ridges.

Jim Goodman
Malawi


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sora at coldreams.com>
To: <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] cover crops:"pedro ghirotti"


> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:44:06 -0300
>
>> About cover crops check this free pdf-book by SARE:
>> http://www.sare.org/publications/covercrops.htm
>> More than 200 pages about the subject. Really good information.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pedro - organic farming in Brazil.
>
> Bienvenidos Pedro!  Very cool to see an organic grower from Brazil not
> only on the list but using SARE!          Sora at Paradise Valley Organics
>                                      Zone 5  North Idaho
>
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