California Agriculture (Mar 1991)

Low-input technology proves viable for limited-resource farmers in Salinas Valley

  • M Altieri,
  • J Trujillo,
  • M Astier,
  • P Gersper,
  • W Bakx

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 2

Abstract

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Low-input farming techniques offered energy-saving, cost-effective alternatives for resource-poor farmers of Mexican origin in the Salinas Valley. Most of these farmers currently manage small acreages using intensive vegetable cropping systems and high-input technologies.