Factors studied

Positive effects

Negative effects

- Ensure that the equipment is available in the overseas departments.

- No purchase of herbicides.

- In Guyana it is possible to register with a specific MAE which provides assistance for the purchase of the necessary equipment.

- Investments in equipment.

- Significant labor costs for manual weeding.

- Limitation of runoff by destroying the slaking crust.

- Soil aeration and leveling.

- Reduction of water evaporation from the first centimeters of the soil.

- Promotion of the mineralization of organic matter.

- Promotion of the biological activity of the soil thanks to less use of herbicides.

- Risks of soil compaction.

- Risks of soil erosion for plots, even on low slopes.

- Less herbicide residues.

- Greenhouse gas emissions when using heat engines.

- Fuel consumption for the passage of thermal engine vehicles.