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  1. 2014-01-01 Useful Management Practices for Smallholders in Tropical Africa This Agrodok on lowland rice is primarily meant for smallholders in tropical Africa, because the advocated cultivation and processing practices reflect the main circumstances encountered by rice farmers on this continent. The aim of...
  2. 2015-01-01 An Introduction to Finding, Using and Eating Insects When you first saw the title of this book, you may have found the idea of eating insects unfamiliar or strange. Actually, we all eat insects every day without knowing it. Insects or parts of insects are present in almost all processed food....
  3. This booklet aims to provide you, as people leading and supporting the move to Agroecology in Africa, with lessons from the valuable experiences of the APCNF programme. We have included helpful inputs, discussions and conclusions from the 15 online sessions held over 2021/2022. You will also find...
  4. 1990-01-01 Wallace Ohrt tells how Denny and Jeanne Grindall's vacation in Kenya involved them in part-time missionary work. Their story captures the adventure and fulfillment of life as it was meant to be lived.
  5. 1998-01-01 This publication is an output from a research project funded by the Department of International Development. It shows the value of manure to improve the arable land in the highlands of East and Central Africa.
  6. Staff Development and Human Relations Training has two interrelated aspects. One is in the direction of group improvement. The other is in the direction of individual member growth. Training, for instance, seeks to further conditions which will strengthen an organization (staff) so that it...
  7. An American journalist presents a portrait of life among the Maasai of Kenya, offering a look at a people caught between the rituals of the past and the lifestyle of the twentieth century.
  8. This report is one of a series detailing results from the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture Research Programme which seeks to reconcile agricultural production and development with mitigation of the adverse local and global environmental effects of deforestation.
  9. 1989-01-01 This FAO book describes efforts to fight the locust in Africa, the Near East and Asia in the 1980s.
  10. 1983-01-01 Since the earliest times man has used plants to create physical barriers: as protection against wild animals and enemies; for shelter of dwellings, gardens, crops and livestock against injurious winds; to hide unsightly buildings or features of the environment; to provide privacy and for many...