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The Power of Duck – Integrated Rice and Duck Farming by Takao Furuno
T akao Furuno, a Japanese rice farmer has been producing sustainable, profitable organic rice for the last ten years. Abundantly illustrated, tabled and photographed, this book serves as a text-book for case studies and farmer-evolved natural systems.
$39.00
"Farmers have increased their yield by 20 to 50 per cent or more in the first year"
T akao Furuno, a Japanese rice farmer has been producing sustainable, profitable organic rice for the last ten years. Abundantly illustrated, tabled and photographed, this book serves as a text-book for case studies and farmer-evolved natural systems.
‘By using human imagination and ingenuity, and by co-operating with nature rather than re-engineering it, Takao Furuno has cleared yet another path for a safe, diverse and sustainable agricultural future. So who needs transgenic crops?’ from Soil and Health, February 2000, pp 36–37
Product Features: The theory of Integrated Rice and Duck Farming, the practice of Integrated Rice and Duck Farming in Japan, the potential of Integrated Rice and Duck Farming throughout Asia, new developments in Integrated Rice and Duck Farming
"A beautiful case history of sustainable agriculture – very finely worked out."
