Basic Technics in Ecological Farming / Techniques de Base en Agriculture Biologique / Grundsätzliche Verfahren der ökologischen Landwirtschaft / Le Maintien de la Fertilité des Sols / The Maintenance of Soil Fertility / Die Erhaltung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit

Montreal Conference

1. Front Matter

   Pages 9-14

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2. Introductory Papers

   1. Steps to a Holistic Ecological Food System

      • Stuart B. Hill

      Pages 15-21

   2. Conversion to Biological Agriculture

      • Claude Aubert

      Pages 22-25

   3. Exploration of Self-Sufficiency at the Prince Edward Island Ark

      • Kenneth T. MacKay

      Pages 26-31

   4. Contradictions in Organic Soil Management Practices: Evidence from Thirty-one farms in Maine, U.S.A.

      • David Vail, Michael Rozyne

      Pages 32-40

   5. Constraints for Commercial Organic Food Production in the U.S.A.

      • Robert C. Oelhaf

      Pages 41-42

   6. Marketing of Organic Produce in Belgium

      • Pierre Gevaert

      Pages 43-43

3. Agri-Silviculture: Tropical and Temperate

   1. Changes Towards an Ecological Approach to African Agriculture

      • Walter Kock

      Pages 44-53

   2. Residue Mulches, Intercropping and Agri-Silviculture Potential in Tropical Africa

      • B. N. Okigbo, R. Lal

      Pages 54-69

   3. Agri-silviculture in the Humid Tropics

      • H. Rae Grinnell

      Pages 70-73

   4. Holistic Approaches to Upland Development in the Philippines

      • J. Nicanor Perlas III

      Pages 74-78

   5. Trees can Meet Human Needs: Examples from India

      • Devendra Kumar

      Pages 79-79

   6. Ecological Methods for Solving the Food and Energy Problems of the Developing World

      • G. F. van der Meulen

      Pages 80-80

   7. Food Forest: An Agricultural Strategy for the Northeast, U.S.A.

      • Earle Barnhart

      Pages 81-84

   8. Multipurpose Tree Crops for Food, Fibre, and Conservation of Rural Environments

      • Miles L. Merwin, Henry W. Esbenshade

      Pages 85-93

4. Legumes

   1. Dry Beans — A protein Potential

      • Winston A. Way

      Pages 94-97

   2. Faba Bean : an Alternative to Soybean in Nova Scotia, Canada

      • David G. Patriquin, D. Burton

      Pages 98-108

   3. Growth and Development in Soybeans in Relation to Soil Nitrogen Source

      • William F. Brinton Jr.

      Pages 109-117

5. Organic Fertilizers

   1. Farm-Scale Composting in the U.S.A.

      • Fletcher Sims

      Pages 118-121