Low-input technology proves viable for limited-resource farmers in Salinas Valley

Most of the low income farmers of Salinas Valley, CA, manage their small farms, using high-input technologies and intensive vegetable cropping systems. Experiments conducted in 1988 and 1989 proved that it was possible to grow vegetables with low-input, energy-conservative technologies, such as crop...

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Published inCalifornia agriculture (Berkeley, Calif.) Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 20 - 23
Main Authors Altieri, M.A, Trujillo, J.A, Astier, M.A, Gersper, P.L, Bakx, W.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 01.03.1991
Subjects
AGRICULTURA DE SUBSISTENCIA
AGRICULTURE DE SUBSISTANCE
AMENDEMENT ORGANIQUE
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIE
CONSERVACION DE LA ENERGIA
CONTROL BIOLOGICO
COSTOS DE PRODUCCION
COUT DE PRODUCTION
ECONOMIE D'ENERGIE
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENMIENDAS ORGANICAS
LOW INCOME GROUPS
LUTTE BIOLOGIQUE
ORGANIC AMENDMENTS
PAUVRETE
POBREZA
POVERTY
PRODUCTION COSTS
RENDEMENT
RENDIMIENTO
SUBSISTENCE FARMING
YIELDS
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Summary:Most of the low income farmers of Salinas Valley, CA, manage their small farms, using high-input technologies and intensive vegetable cropping systems. Experiments conducted in 1988 and 1989 proved that it was possible to grow vegetables with low-input, energy-conservative technologies, such as crop rotation, intercropping, and weed removal at critical competitive periods. It is recommended that such programs be used in similar areas to benefit small farms.
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ISSN:0008-0845
2160-8091
DOI:10.3733/ca.v045n02p20