Bernard Watson operates a commercial farm with extensive windbreaks and no-till fields.
In this field, Bernard has started tomatoes, which are mulched with Casuarina leaves gathered from the windbreak in the background.
Casuarina windbreaks (left) help protect crops such as these bananas from wind damage.
Because the Casuarina windbreaks have recently been affected by a wilt disease that defoliates and eventually kills the trees (right), Bernard has begun replacing his Casuarina tress other windbreak trees including gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) and milo (Thespesia populnea) (left).
Participants discuss the new windbreak species, some of which produce marketable products such as noni and morinda (Morinda oleifera) shown here.
Roger Leakey (left) discusses various windbreak strategies with Bart Lawrence.
Bernard Watson in front of windbreak.
Sugar-apple or sweetsop (Annona squamosa) is one of Bernard's main fruit crops.
Mucuna green manure growing in no-till field.
Bernard describes his no-till green manure methods.
