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  1. Vegetable Production Training Manual

    Asian Vegetable Research Development Center This manual is intended to be a guide to the vegetable production training course for developing country specialists offered at the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. It is designed as well to be a resource book for extension subject matter specialists and vocational agriculture...
    635.04 AVR

  2. Biodiversity of Vegetable Crops, A Living Heritage

    Massimiliano Renna, et al Intensive agriculture has generally resulted in higher productivity, but also in a trend towards decreasing levels of agro-biodiversity, which represents a key point in ensuring the adaptability and resilience of agro-ecosystems in the global challenge to produce more and better food in a...

  3. Growing Your Own Vegetables

    George and Katy Abraham et al. This publication describes the different home garden vegetables and how to grow and harvest them. Problems in growing each vegetable are included.
    635. USD

  4. Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania: Significance and Prospects

    Katinka Weinberger The purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for enhancing the role of indigenous vegetables for improved nutrition, healthy diet, and diversified income generation in home garden production and commercial farming systems in Tanzania. The study uses a multidisciplinary approach to...
    635. WEI

  5. Food from Dryland Gardens

    David Cleveland & Daniela Soleri Food from Dryland Gardens encourages gardens that serve local needs, that are based on local knowledge, and that conserve natural resources and the biological diversity of traditional crops. It was written for field workers, extension agents, students, project workers, and program planners. Both...
    635.043 CLE | PD.043

  6. Out of Poverty. What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail

    Harold J. Harder, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada What can the poor do to move out ofpoverty? In his book Out of Poverty, Paul Polak challenges the reader to take a fresh perspective on the poor—to see them for their potential to work their way out of poverty. Many poor people are entrepreneurial in their thinking and have assets such asland to...
    DC.006

  7. Agricultural Prosperity for Dry Africa

    Dr. Dov Pasternak Prof. Dov Pasternak working in Israel, was among the pioneers of drip irrigation. He researched irrigation with saline water and conducted domestication of arid land crops. He received a UNESCO Chair for his work on desert research. For over 10 years Prof. Pasternak worked as Principal Scientist...

  8. Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa

    (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme, (UNCTAD) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where the CBTF has been implementing a project on organic agriculture since 2004. Organic agriculture is a holistic production system based on active agroecosystem...
    631.584 UNI

  9. Household Gardening Projects in Asia: Past Experience and Future Directions

    David J. Midmore et al This report summarizes the workshop discussions and recommendations, addresses key issues concerning the role of household garden programs in rural development, and identifies viable implementation strategies drawn from the experiences of the workshop participants.
    635.095 MID

  10. Land and Agriculture in Karamoja

    John Wilson and Jim Rowland Karamoja is one of those areas of East Africa where little effort has gone into understanding the lifestyle and problems of the people. It is only quite recently that many ‘experts’ have come to realize that African farmers and herdsmen have systems which are very well adapted to the difficult...