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16 <strong>Organic</strong> Farming in Latin America<br />

Alberto Pipo Lernoud<br />

Map 5: <strong>Organic</strong> farming in Latin America.<br />

Source: FiBL Survey 2005/2006; © SOEL / FiBL<br />

16.1 Traditional Farming<br />

Latin America has a very ancient agricultural tradition. And for millennia it used <strong>organic</strong> methods.<br />

Rotations, variety selection, fertility management that include composting and mulching,<br />

sophisticated irrigation systems, long term planning and community land management were all<br />

features <strong>of</strong> American <strong>agriculture</strong> two thousand years ago.<br />

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