Resources Tagged: Grains

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  1. Mapping Study of Food-Grain Value Chains in Eastern Africa

    2017-01-20 Agriculture is one of the East African Community’s most important economic sectors. The major staple foods in the region are maize, rice, potatoes, bananas, cassava, wheat, sorghum, millet and pulses. However, agricultural production in the region is prone to the vagaries of climate change,...
    Value Chains Grains Maize Rice Sorghum Millet Pulses East Africa

  2. Improved Grain Storage & Pest Control in El Salvador

    Deals with improving grain storage conditions as well as post-harvest pest control techniques in El Salvador. 33 pages (2 Copies)
    Agricultural Pests agriculture Pest Management Pest Control Grains El Salvador Grain Storage Food Storage

  3. Cereal crops

    This book is designed as a college text for a course in Cereal Crops, to be taught after a general course in crop production or botany. The subject matter is presented in a style more advanced than that in an earlier and more general book by the same authors, Principles of Field Crop Production....
    Grains

  4. Job's Tears

    Job's tears is a tropical, 1 to 2 m tall annual grass. It is commonly found growing in many tropical areas of the world in ditches and low areas. Plants are commonly used for fodder and seeds are both consumed and used for bead craft.
    Grain Crops Grains

  5. FM 2016 Farming Matters Vol 32 #2

    2016-06-20 Making millets matter in Madhya Pradesh Real solutions are in the diversity of food and farming Lupin regains ground in Central Ecuador Farmers' firm grip on diversity Heritage grains - digging our roots, planting our seeds Lining food choice with biodiversity Fair and sustainable expansion of...
    Diversity Grains Sustainability Millet Pastoralism Quinoa Biodiversity

  6. Understanding Cereal Crops I Wheat, Oats, Barley, And Rye

    1986-01-01 Cereal crops, or grains, include a wide variety of plants that are members of the grass family (Gramineae) grown for their hard seeds or kernels, which are used primarily for food. Grains are rich in carbohydrates and contain substantial amounts of protein, as well as some fat and vitamins. They...
    Rye Wheat VITA Downloads Cereals Grains Barley

  7. Volume III Of Small Farm Grain Storage

    1980-01-01 Small Farm Grain Storage is a set of how-to manuals. Together these volumes provide a comprehensive overview of storage problems and considerations as they relate to the small farmer. The authors recommend the volumes be purchased as a set because the material forms an excellent and complete...
    Grains Downloads Small farms Small Farm Develop... VITA Grain Storage

  8. Food Management Groups

    2022-11-15 Session:A Session on Community-Saving Grains. Topics explored in this session include: A description of a Savings Group program in West Africa Food management groups in light of a hunger problem Why should farmers go in debt to buy back their own food? Adequate Storage Storgae Design and Methods...
    ECHO Conference EIAC 2022 Grain Saving Community Particip... Community Resources Grains

  9. Kernza

    Kernzagrain is harvested from intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium). This (cousin) of annual wheat has been grown throughout the USA to provide fodder for livestock. Now intermediate wheatgrass is being domesticated as a grain for human food. Intermediate wheatgrass can be grown as a “...
    Postharvest Systems Grains Perennial Grain Kernza