Message-ID: <9508251746.AA00672@lan.vita.org> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 13:46:06 EDT From: Brij Mathur <mailto:query@VITA.ORG> Subject: Technology Broadcast To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
TECHNOLOGY BROADCAST
Beginning immediately Volunteer in Technical Assistance will
be broadcasting weekly over Internet offering technical papers
written by VITA Volunteer Consultants regarding the following
fields:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
Building & Construction
Business, Industry & Crafts
Energy
Food Processing
Recycling
Transportation
Water Supply & Sanitation
The first broadcast in the agriculture series is on agroforestry
techniques. To receive a free copy of this technical paper
electronically, complete the enclosed form and return it to VITA
via e-mail. VITA strongly encourages world-wide distribution of
the papers and seeks your assistance in their dissemination by
posting this, and future announcements, on bulletin boards
focusing on developing countries. Please inform us when and where
you are posting so that we do not duplicate efforts.
VITA welcomes your comments and suggestions.
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TECHNOLOGY BROADCAST - AGRICULTURE SERIES
AGROFORESTRY TECHNIQUES
Agroforestry techniques can help prevent or reduce environmental
damage to cultivated land, specially steeply sloping land.
Planting tress and shrubs in various configurations can protect
the soil against erosion and improve its fertility. Many of these
techniques are based on traditional practices that have been
carried on for generations. Others are relatively new ones that
have been "reinvented" by technicians working with local farmers.
VITA Volunteer Consultant Carol Stoney, co-author of the techni-
cal paper, 'Agroforestry Techniques', is an agroforestry special-
ist at the Winrock Center for Environment and Sustainable Agri-
culture based in Arkansas.
You can receive a copy of this technical paper by simply complet-
ing the following form and returning it to <mailto:query@vita.org>
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