Desire for Greener Land

Human Environment
Cropland per household
(ha)
10,000
Implementation activities, inputs and costs
Establishment activities
1. No tillage machinery
2. Subsoiling every 5 years
Maintenance/recurrent activities
1. Herbicide application
2. Seeding
3. Fertilization
Land user: Individual privileged small scale land
users, mainly men
Population density: 10-50 persons/km 2
Annual population growth: < 0.5%
Land ownership: individual, titled
Land use rights: individual
Water use rights: individual
Relative level of wealth: mainly poor land users,
which own 60% of the land
Remarks:
Availability of machinery is the most determining factor affecting the costs.
SLM Technology: No tillage with subsoiling, Chile DESIRE – WOCAT 2012
Importance of off-farm income: 10-50% of all
income:
Access to service and infrastructure: low: drinking
water and sanitation; moderate: health, education,
technical assistance, employment, energy, roads &
transport, financial services
Market orientation: mixed (subsistence and
commercial)
Technical drawing
Photo of subsoiling drill (photo by Carlos Ruiz).
The subsoiler is a 3-point chisel plough that breaks
up the soil hardpan to a depth of 30 to 50 cm
Establishment inputs and costs per ha
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Labour 50 100
Equipment
- renting seeder machine
- renting subsoiling machine
60
70
TOTAL 180 28
Maintenance/recurrent inputs and costs per ha per year
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Labour
Equipment
30 100
- renting seeder machine
Agricultural
60
0
- seeds
50
0
- fertilizer
174
0
- herbicide
20
0
TOTAL 334 9
0
0
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