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dr ray - fertility is in the trees

coconut trees in his estate yields between 80-150 nuts per year with an annual average of over 100.

he makes maximum use of solar insolation by having three additional levels of interception by having complementary crops: gliricidia, tithonia and an undergrowth.

he uses no chemical urea.

potassium and magnesium fertilizer usage has dropped by 2/3 since he started growing the complementary crops.

 

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Taken on May 27, 2008