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2. No-till farming - Wikipedia

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   No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion tillage causes in certain soils, especially in sandy and dry soils on sloping terrain.

3. Sheet mulching - Wikipedia

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   In permaculture, sheet mulching is an agricultural no-dig gardening technique that attempts to mimic the natural soil-building process in forests. When deployed properly and in combination with other permaculture principles, it can generate healthy, productive, and low maintenance ecosystems .

4. No-dig gardening - Wikipedia

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   The origins of no-dig gardening are unclear, and may be based on pre-industrial or nineteenth-century farming techniques. [3] Masanobu Fukuoka started his pioneering research work in this domain in 1938, and began publishing in the 1970s his Fukuokan philosophy of "do-nothing farming" or natural farming, which is now acknowledged by some as the tap root of the permaculture movement.

5. Permaculture - Wikipedia

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   Mulch is a protective cover placed over soil. Mulch material includes leaves, cardboard, and wood chips. ... No-till gardening seeks to minimise disturbance to the ...

6. Tillage - Wikipedia

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   No-till – plows, disks, et cetera are not used. Aims for 100% ground cover. Strip-till – Narrow strips are tilled where seeds will be planted, leaving the soil in between the rows untilled. [11] Mulch-till - Soil is covered with mulch to conserve heat and moisture. 100% soil disturbance.

7. Dryland farming - Wikipedia

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   Erosion control techniques such as windbreaks, reduced tillage or no-till, spreading straw (or other mulch on particularly susceptible ground), and strip farming are used to minimize topsoil loss. Weedling: Weedling is process of turning over 90 degree and exposing weed's root during tillage to prevent soil erosion by wind and desertification ...