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Trees improve Pasture Productivity | Silvopasture

Fertilisers, minerals, improved seed, and time-controlled grazing improve pasture productivity. But we often overlook the benefits of creating silvopasture to tackle the decline in pasture productivity simply due to plants

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How to Drought-Proof your Garden

Water is essential for our gardens to thrive and provide healthy food for our families. Standard solutions - spreading mulch, growing drought-tolerant plants, using irrigation and greywater, will help drought-proof

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How to increase Rainfall – Eco-logically

Wouldn't we be better off using safe methods to increase rainfall instead of cloud-seeding, rain rockets, atmosphere zappers and other weather modification technologies? Scientists have evidence supporting the widespread perception

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Drought-Proof your Farm – An Uplifting Story from the Sahel

We’re getting harder hit by drought. Standard solutions no longer seem enough. Fortunately, there are farmers leading the way and getting heartening results using eco-logical approaches to drought-proofing. Here’s one of

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Trees make Rain – there is Science now to Prove It!

Yes, it's true... scientists have evidence supporting the widespread perception that trees make rain, that by growing more vegetation, we get more rain. On average, 40% or more of the precipitation

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How to Drought-Proof your Farm

We’re getting harder hit by drought. Standard solutions no longer seem enough. Earthworks like swales, contour banks, Natural Sequence Farming, and Keyline Design can help drought-proof farms. But we tend

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How to Drought-Proof your Grazing Land

We are experiencing the worst droughts in our living memory. Usually, our response is to dig more dams, bores and water points, switch to rotational grazing practices and planned de-stocking.