permaculture

256 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

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Presentation : Crop and land management

Method : Facilitator presentation

Tools : Images, black/white board, markers

References : PC Book MOD 9 – Integrated Pest Management;

PC Book MOD 6 – Home and Community Gardens;

PC Book MOD 7 – Farming; PC Book MOD 10 – Animal Systems

Objective : Participants understand the connection between

crop management, land management, and pest management

There are many methods of crop management and land management that will help to:

• Reduce the chances of pest problems happening.


• Reduce the size of the pest problem if it does happen.

Before presenting the following ideas the facilitator could encourage a discussion by

asking the participants what natural methods of crop management and land management

that they know about which support good pest management.

Then introduce and discuss (using images) different techniques including:

• Inter-cropping instead of monoculture.


• Crop rotation.


• Natural patterns.


• Using animals and animal tractors.


• Part of a fruit tree crop system.


• Part of a vegetable crop system.


• Feeding insects to the animals.

The facilitator should ask the participants to provide relevant examples or stories to help

explain the techniques. If they cannot, the facilitator can do so.

See PC Book MOD 9 – Integrated Pest Management, PC Book MOD 6 - Home

and Community Gardens, PC Book MOD 7 – Farming, and PC Book MOD 10 -

Animal Systems for information on these techniques.