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Re: [Livingontheland] NO-TILL FARMING OFFERS A QUICK FIX TO HELPWARD OFF HOST OF GLOBAL PROBLEMS

From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] NO-TILL FARMING OFFERS A QUICK FIX TO HELPWARD OFF HOST OF GLOBAL PROBLEMS
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:27:19 -0800 (PST)

0-till, as it is called outside the USA, is the proven way to farm in the tropics. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria has proven that beyond any doubt. I no longer debate or discuss no-till as to whether it will work or not. That has been proven.

In my last no-till workshop in Nigeria, a farmer said, "My grandfather plowed, my father plows and I plow." He agreed he was going broke financially. I told him that 0-till will double his yields and reduce his labor by no less than 50%.

Ken Hargesheimer

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