Coltura Promiscua
Mixed intensive farming in the middle of Italy, “classical” vertical layers in vegetation consisting of trees, bushes and ground cover are very much in evidence.
Source: MEEUS et al. (1990), p. 304. ZIMMERMANN (2006), p. 362.
Old overgrown Coltura Promiscua fields close to new very intensive orchards, Vinci, Italy (Photo: Alexandra KRUSE 1999)
Database entries forColtura Promiscua
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This technique is known since the Antiquity.
