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Medicago – its possible role in Romano-Libyan dryfarming and its positive role in modern dryfarming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

B. A. Chatterton  and
L. Chatterton
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Abstract

The authors have had extensive experience in the adaptation of the South Australian dryfarming rotation of cereals and medicago to Libyan agriculture. This paper examines the use of annual medicago (medics) in Libya and notes the way it can reverse the modern trends of declining yields and pasture. The Australian system of medic/cereal rotation is compared with Romano-Libyan practice and contrasted with modern European farming. It is suggested that medicago may have been one of the underlying factors in the notable success of Romano-Libyan farming and that it has a major role to play in future agricultural regeneration.

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Short Articles and Notes
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Libyan Studies , Volume 15 , 1984 , pp. 157 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1984

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