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Farm families have adopted sustainable agricultural practices such as using green manure, cover crops, contour grass strips, in-row tillage, rock bunds and animal manure to improve soil fertility and to reduce soil erosion. These techniques have been adapted to local conditions through farmer experimentation. Farm families have benefited from significant increases in crop yields (400-600kg/ha to 2000-2500kg/ha). The project has also had effects on the local economy through an increase in land prices and labour rates. Families have moved back into rural areas from capital cities. There have also been positive impacts on the environment, through reduced deforestation. Farmers are now able to farm the same piece of land permanently, instead of clearing forests for new agricultural land.
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