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Alternative Agriculture for a Sustainable Rehabilitation of Deteriorated Volcanic Soils in Mexico and Chile
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| Coordinating organisation: | Center for International Development and Environment Research |
| Description: | In Mexico and Chile the REVOLSO project tries to identify suitable cultivation practices by means of on-farm research on deteriorated volcanic soils with sustainable agriculture with principles of organic farming and agro-forestry to prevent high erosion rates in these soils. Aim of REVOLSO is the development of cultivation techniques used by small holders and follows up the changes of their living conditions, as well as investigates the acceptance of the new measures by the local population. Therefore, ten Partners (five institutions from different European countries and four institutions from Mexico and one from Chile) have formed several working teams in order to carry out five different work packages (WPs). These WPs are Cultivation Practices (WP1), Agro-Forestry (WP2), Soil Fertility and Ecology (WP3), Soil Erosivity and Erodibility (WP4) and Social and Economical Aspects (WP5) related to gender problematics in rural regions. Thanks to the nearly punctual financial support the members of the Consortium received by the EU in February 2002, REVOLSO was able to start its investigation activities without any delay and directly with the vegetation period. |
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| ARD-theme: | plant production forestry soil water environment farming systems |
| Target country: | Chile Mexico |
| Commodity: | plant products (agroforest) |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 2 |
| Last editing: | 2004-04-19 13:22:38 |