CWD in Idaho

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In Amazonia, traditional agriculture used a slash-and-char method to create these carbon-rich islands in the otherwise poor soils there, and on those islands grow incredible amounts of food. Mechanized agriculture is labor efficient but does deplete the soil. There will come a day when Norman Borlaug is no longer seen as some kind of hero.

Togor, here is some reading for you.

Posey, D. A., & Balee, W. L. (Eds.). (1989). Resource Management in Amazonia: Indigenous and Folk Strategies. (Advances in Economic Botany, 7). New York: New York Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 978-0-89327-340-8 ; ISBN 0-89327-340-6

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