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Key Resource 2000-04-01 Until the beginning of the 20th century, people in Africa depended to a significant extent on food which had its origins in Africa. A diverse range of originally wild African species was domesticated a long time ago and included rootcrops, cereals, legumes and many different vegetables. Popular...
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This book seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about different approaches to agricultural technology development and transfer. One central theme in these debates relates to the value and potential contribution of what is widely referred to as 'indigenous technical knowlege," or local knowledge...
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This publication is intended for the instruction of agricultural extension, home economics, nutrition, health and other community development agents working with households and communities. Home gardens are found in many humid and subhumid areas of Africa. These gardens have an established...
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2021-01-20 The Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics publishes papers dealing with original research and review papers in the fields of plant production, animal nutrition and animal husbandry, soil science, rural economy and farm management, forestry and forest economy,...
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1999-01-06 This document warns of the danger of mercury containing soaps which are sold to lighten skin color. Many of these soaps are produced in European coutnries (but cannot be legally sold there)so the soaps are thensold in African, Asian and Carribbean countries.These soaps are dangerous to unborn...
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East Africa boasts a tremendous natural wealth of flora – indigenous, naturalized and exotic. This field guide features some 600 of the trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves commonly found in the region. Species accounts include information about habitat, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit, and general...
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1980-01-01 The objectives of this workshop are twofold: to identify the problems and constraints to bean production in Eastern Africa; and to formulate a positive action program at national, regional and international levels for solving the problems identified.
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This is a step-by-step guide to the promotion of fodder shrubs for smallholder dairy enterprises in East Africa. It is intended for both extension managers and field-based extensionists, in particular those who are startingto work with fodder shrubs for the first time. Ths book is divided into...
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In this book, the author set out to describe some important medicinal plants, the diseases and complaints for which they can be used, some recipes for the production of medicines and information about dosages, and some cautionary notes about the side-effects of these treatments.
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1998-01-01 This report presents the findings of a DFID-funded research project to investigate the state of, and prospects for, organic agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of the project were as follows: In a variety of cllimatic zones within sub-Saharan Africa, determine the type and degree of...