permaculture

[Martin Mikush <martinmikush@gmail.com>]

The story of the of the medieval Arab Agricultural Revolution:

http://www.filaha.org/introduction.html

Keystones of it :
"Foremost was the introduction, acclimatization and further diffusion of
new food crops.
...
Many of the new crops had to be irrigated but the bonus of a new summer
growing season led to the widespread adoption of systems of crop rotation
and multiple cropping that allowed two, three and even four crops a year to
be taken from the same piece of land,..

the new farming redressed the balance with copious (though carefully
controlled) applications of all kinds of organic manures, natural
fertilizers, composts, mulches and minerals, incidentally bringing about a
closer integration between cultivation and the rearing of livestock....
The development of sophisticated systems for harvesting, storing and
distributing water was a hallmark of the new agriculture, driven by the
expertise of Arab irrigators drawing on their long experience of oasis
cultivation...
and :
The diffusion of new crops and cultivars, the adoption of new
multiple-cropping and rotation regimes, the abundant use of manures, and
the refinement and expansion of irrigation were supported, crucially, by
changes in land tenure and taxation that accorded farmers more liberty and
a greater incentive to improve their land, all underpinned by Islamic
precepts and customary laws by which farming was conducted more fairly and
more effectively."

Hope we , the "post-modern" western men are wise enough to learn from the
past.

NIce read , I see the Arab green Renaissance from the medieval time to be
so much relevant o the Permaculture revolution of today .