http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/ ... zon-farms/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... print=true
I disagree with the “Amazon Basin” as the local.
This is the north coast of SA.
But the technique seems to be pretty widespread and is similar to what was used in the far upstream part of the Amazon watershed.
Clever Tricks to Turn Amazon Wasteland to Farms
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