Farming Techniques of the New 1st Century
Tannerson Farms Guidebook
"...crossed and selected different strains of tubers that were more able to resist frost as well as gather nutrients from the highly used fields. In order to compensate for any missing nutrients, introduce natural fertilizers in order to maintain a nutrient rich field without the use of fallow crop rotation. These fertilizers can include birds’ manure (guano), or some other form of nitrogen rich organic material.
"...All the farmlands are sustained by canal irrigation, which supplement seasonal precipitation. As well, you can also increase your input of water by making "ridged fields" in which soil is mounded along the rows of plants to retain rainwater."
"In order to aid climate adaptation and improve food security, we need to improve our understanding of the interactions among technology, farmer decision making and altitude impacts on cropping area and intensity as well as yield. While climate adaptation potential has been tested using crop models, technology considered in these assessments is limited to shifting planting date, changing varieties, introducing irrigation, increasing fertilizer and so on..."
"Crop rotation keeps the soil covered, promotes biological equilibrium, diminishes pest cycles and diseases, incorporates nutrients and conserves energy.Crop rotation consists in sequentially producing plant species in a given location by alternating crops every year, every two years or every three years. This diversified production system prevents the build-up of pests and diseases as well as the exhaustion of the soil that usually occur with production of a single crop (or crops of a single family) in successive agricultural cycles. The rotation sequence is planned such that the requirements of one crop complement those of the next in order to maintain the soil nutrient balance. This technique is used, in particular, to sow and harvest green manures to complement the cultivation of products."