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  1. How to Manage Bees
    This explains how to manage bees: planning the work, inspecting the hive and understanding what you see. This uses material from "Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: How to Manage Bees" by Pam Gregory, who offers this as her gift to beekeepers in developing countries. (The content of the text in this case...





  2. Growing Bamboo
    Advice on how to cultivate bamboo plants from cuttings. This material was taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  3. An Easy Way to Water Seeds
    Use a tin can or plastic bottle as a mini-reservoir alongside your seeds or seedlings. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  4. Keeping Fish and Ducks
    2024-06-01 Here are some basic suggestions for keeping ducks on a fish pond. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  5. Making Compost in a Pit or Box
    2024-05-01 Farmers and gardeners use compost to improve their soils and increase their crop yields. This book describes one approach to making compost. This uses material from "Footsteps 107", the literary publication ofTearfund, with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by...





  6. How to Extract Quality Honey
    2021-08-05 This explains what equipment and methods are needed to extract honey from the honeycomb. This uses material from "Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: How to Harvest Quality Honey" by Pam Gregory, who offers this as her gift to beekeepers in developing countries. (The content of the text in this case may...





  7. Two Farmers Talking about Conservation Agriculture
    2021-07-15 Two Farmers Talking about Conservation Agriculture: this book explores strategies used in conservation agriculture and hears from two happy and successful farmers. It uses material fromFootsteps 110the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission Additional illustrations by MissionAssist...





  8. Making a Bee-keeper’s Veil
    2020-08-26 How to make and wear a cheap and simple bee veil. This uses material from "Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: How to Make a Simple Bee Veil" by Pam Gregory, who offers this as her gift to beekeepers in developing countries. (The content of the text in this case may be freely used - including commercial...





  9. Making a Beehive
    2020-08-25 How to make a simple beehive from local and low-cost materials. This uses material from "Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: How to Make A Moveable Comb Top Bar Beehive" by Pam Gregory, who offers this as her gift to beekeepers in developing countries. (The content of the text in this case may be freely...





  10. Natural Pesticides: Wood and Rice Husk Ash
    2020-06-01 This booklet explains how to keep pests from your crops by using ash from wood or rice husks. This uses material taken fromFootsteps 54- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.





  11. Rice Paddy, Book 1
    2020-06-01 This is the first in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at seedbeds, flowering and fruiting, preparing seeds, planting the seedbed, preparing the rice paddy, planting the rice, weeding and harvesting. Adapted from "Ini Sa Ukit Ta Egbael Basakan" 1993, SIL...





  12. Early Maize Seedlings
    2020-06-01 How to give maize seedlings an early start and save time between crops. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  13. Raising Goats
    2020-06-01 A goat is a good animal to keep because it gives very good milk and meat. It uses material from "Goat Raising", originally produced by the Bureau of Agricultural Extention, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, with kind permission.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by...





  14. Sterilising Seed Beds
    2020-06-01 This explains how to use the heat of the sun to sterilise seed beds as a cheap and simple method of sterilising soil. Sterile soil is best when planting a seed bed because there is less chance of disease. This was originally published in the United Kingdom in 2004.This edition was published in...





  15. Rice Paddy, Book 4
    2020-06-01 This is the fourth in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at problems with diseases and covers blast, sheath blight, brown spot, narrow brown leaf spot, false smut, sheath rot, bacterial blight, bacterial leaf streak and viruses. Adapted from "Ini Sa Ukit Ta...





  16. Rice Paddy, Book 3
    2020-06-01 This is the third in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at problems with pests and includes insects that eat the rice before it is ripe, insects that eat it after the flower head has appeared, rats and birds. Adapted from "Ini Sa Ukit Ta Egbael Basakan"...





  17. Rice Paddy, Book 2
    2020-06-01 This is the second in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at problems with poor soil and covers zinc deficiency, using zinc sulphate and nitrogen fertiliser. It advises on varieties of rice to give the best harvest, how to put fertiliser in the soil and how...





  18. Good Granary Design
    2020-06-01 A suggested design for a raised grain or food store to discourage raids by rats and mice. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  19. How to Make and Use Compost
    2020-05-30 Instructions on how to make a compost container out of an old oil drum, how to make ventilation holes in it and what to put in it to develop a compost that will help with the fertilisation of plants. This has been adapted from a shell template produced by SIL in Papua New Guinea. The text is...





  20. Raising Fish
    2020-05-30 Advice on siting, building and maintaining a fishpond, then buying, farming and harvesting the fish to go in it. Adapted, with permission, from the "Handbook on Small-Scale Freshwater Fish Farming", number 24 of a training series of handbooks published by the Publications Division of the Food and...





  21. Increase Chicken Production
    2020-05-30 This booklet helps you to increase the number of chickens you have. This material was taken fromFootsteps 59- a literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  22. How to Treat Coccidiosis in Chickens
    2020-05-27 Coccidiosis is a disease in chickens which is caused by parasites. If left untreated, it can cause death. This book describes how to treat it, using seeds from a papaya plant. This uses material fromFootsteps 54- a literacy publication from TEAR Fund used with kind permission.This edition was...





  23. Chicken Care, Book 4
    2020-05-27 This is the fourth in a series of four books on the care of chickens. It dealswith the symptoms and treatment of fowl pest, internal worms, lice, infectiouslaryngotracheitis and cannibalism. This has been adapted fromAtallpakunata Wiñachina / La Cría De Gallinas- a shell template by SIL Peru,...





  24. Chicken Care, Book 3
    2020-05-27 This is the third in a series of four books on the care of chickens. It contains advice on how to select the right hens for reproduction, the right eggs for incubation and the care of newly hatched chicks. This has been adapted fromAtallpakunata Wiñachina / La Cría De Gallinas- a shell template...





  25. Chicken Care, Book 2
    2020-05-27 This is the second in a series of four books on the care of chickens. It contains advice on the daily care of poultry, food and water and how to choose good hens. This has been adapted fromAtallpakunata Wiñachina / La Cría De Gallinas- a shell template by SIL Peru, first published in 1993. The...





  26. Chicken Care, Book 1
    2020-05-27 This is the first in a series of four books on the care of chickens. It introduces the subject and deals with thebuilding of a hen house and what sort of food to provide. This has been adapted fromAtallpakunata Wiñachina / La Cría De Gallinas- a shell template by SIL Peru, first published in...





  27. Cattle Care
    2020-05-27 An interesting booklet on how to care for your cattle, including hints on milking, breeding and the care of your calves. This uses material from theAmazon Center of Peruvian Autonomous Languages- "Hugo Pesce" - Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru, first published in June 1980 and used with kind...





  28. Fattening Cattle in your Backyard
    2020-05-27 How to buy a few cows, look after them, fatten them up and sell them for a profit. This content has been adapted from a source believed to have originated in the Philippines.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.