BIO-INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE HANDOUT

GSC BIA HANDOUT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. BIA Intro

II. Garden Planning

III. Compost

IV. Watering

V.Companion Planting, Crop Rotation, and Beneficials

VI.Record Keeping

VII. Preparation of the Nurseries

VIII. Double Digging

IX. Transplanting

X.Liquid Manure

XI.Disease and Pest Control

XII. Seed Propagation

XIII. Irrigation and Water Sustainability

XIV. Sack Mound

XV. Keyhole Gardens



July ’07 Edition of GSC BIA Handout Contributors:
This handbook is mainly the writing of
Evans Javasson, Sustainable Agriculture Trainer, Global Service Corp, -PO Box 10549 Arusha, Tanzania,
and Joshua Machinga, Common Ground Program- PO Box 2487- 30200 Kitale, Kenya.
Contributions also by William Ritte, Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, Global Service Corp
and Daphne Jochnick, Sustainable Agriculture Fellow, Global Service Corp


This handbook may be freely reviewed or abstracted and is copyright-free. It may be reproduced or translated, in part or in whole so long as the sources are acknowledged.