پی دی اف گیاهان دارویی عطاری آنلاین عطارمارت

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■ Test planting of spice and herb
crops
Initial trial planting is important to
gauge the suitability of a crop for
local conditions and the levels of input
required for cultivation, harvesting,
storage, processing and marketing on a
larger scale. Mistakes made at the trial
stage reduce the chance of expensive
crop failure so often made by farmers
going straight into full production.
Using small areas of land in gardens or
communal areas will enable potential
growers to become familiar with the
crop and its production techniques.
Using a Farmer Field School (FFS)
approach for potential growers is a
viable manner of training. In the FFS
approach small-scale farmers learn
and obtain knowledge ‘by doing.’
They are involved directly in the field
and actively participate in all aspects
of growing spices and hebrs. Smallscale
farmers are involved in tasks,
observations, analysis and decisionmaking
on what they are actually
doing with the plants. The focus on
such training is not only to consider
the ‘how’, but more important, the
‘why.’
Spices and herbs for home and market
FIGURE 26 An extension worker teaching planting techniques to the local indigenous
community in Ecuador
(Photo: FAO/21570/G. Bizzarri)
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