Hulu Yam Fresh Sdn Bhd had put in great affords to encourage their farmers to work on biodiversity of farms. Although most farmers had brain wash by “modern” farming method but there are people who believe us and had done great success in their farms.
Below is an abstract of an article about biodiversity of vegetable gardening, though not commercial farming:
“In vegetable gardens, as in nature, a variety of plants will support a variety of wildlife, and diversified plantings will promote a healthy balance between those organisms that benefit crops and those that gardeners would rather do without. Several techniques for "mixing it up" in the home vegetable garden, including companion planting, succession planting, and the use of resistant varieties, can help to confound pests and diseases, and may at the same time increase yields per square foot. By providing natural pest control these techniques uphold biodiversity, and along with variety they can add color, beauty, and flavor to the home garden.
Although the classic image of a vegetable garden is based on neat rows of plants marked by seed packets on stakes, vegetable gardens can be as unique and personalized as ornamental plantings, designed to suit the garden site and the aesthetic and culinary tastes of the gardener. As long as crops can be weeded, watered, and harvested, vegetables can be grouped in all sorts of symbiotic arrangements, with other vegetables or other types of plants, either in one central location or in fertile pockets here and there.”
http://toxipedia.org/display/ipmopedia/Biodiversity+in+Vegetable+Gardens
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