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Doug Fox | BPP Adviser
- Sep 12, 2016
- 2 min
Home Gardens Needs To Be Re-Considered
The concept of a system of home gardens needs to re reconsidered to compensate for the realities of produce and livestock production in the humid tropics. Without secure enclosure systems, poultry livestock production, concurrent with vegetable gardening is impractical. The demands of daily maintenance and pathogen control are beyond the ability of many villagers to maintain on an continuous basis. If it were successful it would place strains on prices due to the volume that
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BPP-Secretariat
- Sep 12, 2016
- 1 min
Coca-Cola Expands Sugarcane Irrigation Project in China
Are we taking advantage of these initiatives? If not, why not? “Coca-Cola is promoting sustainable agriculture and water replenishment projects globally" In the mountainous terrain in the south of China sits the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where more than 60 percent of the country cane sugar is produced. It's also where Coca-Cola is expanding its support of the Guangxi Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative, a project focused on sustainable agricultural irrigation and industr
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Doug Fox | BPP Adviser
- Sep 12, 2016
- 1 min
Can Belize Farmers Benefit From This Farming Method?
This video shows the installation and use of Netafim subsurface drip irrigation systems, such as Python and Super Typhoon, which effectively irrigate Australian Sugarcane fields to yield more crop with less water, energy, and operational costs, minimal physical labor, and optimized fertilizer use. #subsurfacedripirrigation #irrigation #farming #agriculture #australia
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