Cultivation

This section covers a broad range of small-scale cultivation techniques and discusses specific crops from fruit to mushrooms.

General Resources

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Boiling Water Treatment of Banana and Plantain

  • Technical Brief
  • English

Hot water treatment can reduce nematode and weevil infestation in banana and plantain crops.

S. Hauser and D. Coyne, Published by CGIAR SP-IPM on 02/02/02

Floating Gardens in Bangladesh

  • Technical Brief
  • English

A floating garden is built using aquatic weeds as a base on which vegetables can be grown.

Neil Noble, Published by Practical Action on 02/02/02

Garlic Farming - लसुन खेती

  • Multimedia
  • Nepali

Information about garlic farming in Nepali. A Technical Brief with audio.

Published by Practical Action Nepal on 01/01/11

Ginger Farming - अदुवा खेती

  • Multimedia
  • Nepali

Information about Ginger farming in Nepali.

Published by Practical Action Nepal on 01/01/10

Hibiscus Farming زراعة و حصاد محصول الكركد

  • Technical Brief
  • English

The plants importance as a cash crop is promising for small-scale farmers: seeds are cheap, easy to sew, and will...

Edward Stevens, Published by Practical Action Sudan on 02/02/02

How to Grow Bonsai - বনসাই

  • Technical Brief
  • Bangla

Bonsai trees are miniature size creations made by careful cultivation.

Published by Practical Action Bangladesh on 01/01/10

Hydroponic Cultivation - মাটিবিহীন চাষবাস

  • Technical Brief
  • Bangla

Hydroponics is the growing of plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water.

Published by Practical Action Bangladesh on 01/01/10

Mushroom Growing

  • Technical Brief
  • English

Developing commercial cultivation of mushrooms is growing throughout Africa. This brief focuses on this practice in...

Neil Noble, Published by Practical Action on 02/02/02

Oregano Cultivation

  • Technical Brief
  • English

Oregano has very high tolerance in terms of altitude and temperature. It is suitable in any soil that is not saline.

Edward Stevens et al., Published by Soluciones Prácticas on 02/02/02

Oregano Cultivation - Cultivo Del Orégano

  • Technical Brief
  • Spanish

Oregano has very high tolerance in terms of altitude and temperature. It is suitable in any soil that is not saline.

Published by Soluciones Prácticas on 03/02/12

Passion Fruit Cultivation

  • Technical Brief
  • English

Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.

Edward Stevens et al., Published by Soluciones Prácticas on 02/02/02

Passion Fruit Cultivation - Cultivo de Maracuyá

  • Technical Brief
  • Spanish

Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.

Published by Soluciones Prácticas on 03/02/12

Passion Fruit Cultivation - Yolanda Morales Growing Passion Fruit in Peru

  • case study
  • English

Farmers in Peru have introduced innovations in their farms by growing crops that formerly did not exist in the area.

Gabriel Reaño , Published by Soluciones Prácticas on 02/02/02

Soil Desalination for Vegetable Cultivation

  • Technical Brief
  • English

A small-scale approach to soil desalination for cultivating vegetables from Bangladesh.

Barkat Ullah, Published by Practical Action Bangladesh on 02/02/02

Success story: Vegetables Production - সব্জি চাষে সাফল্য

  • case study
  • Bangla

A story of vegetable production in Bangladesh.

Published by Practical Action Bangladesh on 01/01/10

The Donkey Plough

  • Technical Brief
  • English

This Technical Brief covers the construction of the donkey plough, developed for use in Sudan.

Neil Noble, Published by Practical Action on 02/02/10

The Kebkabiya Plough

  • technical drawing
  • English

The donkey plough is a lightweight plough suitable for conditions in Sudan.

Kamal Khalifa, Published by Practical Action Sudan on 01/01/08

The Kebkabiya Plough

  • Technical Brief
  • English

This plough has been used with great success in Kebkabiya, Sudan. Here is a highly visual guide to its use.

Sidig M. & Abderazig, O., Published by Practical Action Sudan on 01/01/01

Vegetable Production under Protective Structures

  • Technical Brief
  • English

Protective structures will reduce insect pest and disease problems for urban and peri-urban vegetable production and...

Ramasamy Srinivasan, Published by CGIAR SP-IPM on 02/24/12

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Also see from CGIAR Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management (SP-IPM): a global partnership that draws together the diverse IPM research, knowledge and expertise of the international agricultural research centres and their partners to build synergies in research outcomes and impacts, and to respond more effectively to the needs of farmers in developing countries.

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 1.pdf
Rodents - gnawing away at crops, stored grain and our health.

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 2.pdf
Lost to the weeds - changing practices favor an old enemy

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 3.pdf
Invasive floating water weeds – killing life and commerce

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 4.pdf
Rid fruits and vegetables in Africa of notorious fruit flies

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 5.pdf
Predicting the effects of global warming on insect pests.

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 6.pdf
Aflatoxins - the invisible threat in foods and feeds

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 7.pdf
Sowing the seeds of better yam

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 8.pdf
A hot bath cleans all - Boiling water treatment of banana and plantain

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 9.pdf
Endophytes: novel weapons in the IPM arsenal

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 10.pdf
Enhanced protection for tissue cultured banana plants

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 11.pdf
Cereal Cyst Nematodes: An unnoticed threat to global cereal production

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 12.pdf
Vegetable Production under Protective Structures

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 13.pdf
Phosphorous acid salt: a promising chemical to control tomato bacterial wilt

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 14.pdf
Conservation agriculture: a solution to soil degradation and soil-borne diseases?

SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 15.pdf
Ecological Engineering – a strategy to restore biodiversity and ecosystem services for pest management in rice production

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