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  1. How To Keep Bees And Process Honey
    This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of bee-keeping and honey processing. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.



  2. Medicinal Plants
    The valuable medicinal properties contained in certain plants are not, however, in doubt. In recent years, for example, the Chinese plant Artemisia annua, has become the essential ingredient in a new generation of anti-malaria drugs. The plant is now being grown in East African countries to...



  3. Marketing Animals And Milk
    This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, helps pastoralists understand markets for animals and milk. It gives background information on types of products, market chains, adding value and different types of markets. Marketing processes are clearly outlined, along with...



  4. 11 Ways To Improve Animal Marketing
    2014-01-01 This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, describes 11 ways that pastoralists can improve the marketing of their livestock. Ideas are given on keeping animals healthy, organising marketing groups and transporting livestock. Illustrated with line drawings throughout,...



  5. 10 Ways To Improve Milk Marketing
    2014-01-01 This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, describes 10 ways that pastoralists can make more money from their milk. Ideas include splitting the herd, organising a marketing group and starting a small processing plant. Illustrated throughout with line drawings, further...



  6. Producing Animals And Milk For Market
    2014-01-01 This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, describes how pastoralists can produce strong, healthy animals and high-quality milk that will fetch a good price. It gives background information on markets for animals and milk, choosing the right animal breeds, and animal...



  7. Services For Marketing Animals And Milk
    2014-01-01 This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, describes the services that pastoralists need to market their animals, milk and hides effectively. It gives information on markets, financial services, transport, market facilities and processing plants. Tips, including on...





  8. Trench Gardening
    2013-01-20 Making a trench bed What do you need to start a garden? Lots of enthusiasm and, in the beginning, some hard work. A piece of ground as little as twenty square metres will ensure that your family always has something fresh to eat; a larger area makes it possible to grow enough vegetables to sell....





  9. How To Control The Mango Fruit Fly
    2013-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of controlling the mango fruit fly. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  10. Linking Smallholder Farmers To Markets
    2009-01-01 This 12-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of linking smallholder farmers to markets. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  11. Rearing Dairy Goats
    2007-01-20 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of rearing dairy goats. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  12. How to control Striga and stemborer in maize
    2007-01-20 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of controlling Striga and stemborer in maize. It gives some background information, outlines the processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings





  13. Improved Practices In Rearing Indigenous Chickens
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of rearing indigenous chickens. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  14. Intensive Rice cultivation
    2007-01-01 Written in an easy to understand format, this eight-page fold-out leaflet covers the background to rice cultivation, outlines the processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  15. Making Banana Chips And Flour
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of making banana chips and flour. It gives some background information on the subject, outlines the relevant processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  16. Make A Living Through Fish Farming
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of fish-farming. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  17. Enriched Compost For Higher Yields
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of making enriched compost. It gives some background information, outlines the processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  18. Preserving Green Leafy Vegetables And Fruits
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of preserving green leafy vegetables and fruits. It gives some background information on the subject, outlines the relevant processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  19. Making Sweet Potato Chips And Flour
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of making sweet potato chips and flour. It gives some background information, outlines the processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  20. Establishing A Tree Nursery
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of tree nurseries. It gives some background information, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  21. Making High-Quality Cassava Flour
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of making high-quality cassava flour. It gives some background information, outlines the processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.





  22. Rainwater Harvesting for Increased Pasture Production
    2007-01-01 This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of rainwater harvesting. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings.



  23. Taxonomy of African Ticks
    1999-10-19 Ticks arereported to surpass all other arthropods in the number and variety of diseases they transmit to animals and man. There areabout 170 species of soft ticks (Argasidae) and 700 species of hard ticks (Ixodidae), the majority of which are found in Africa. Several of these are known to...