Recursos Etiquetado: Agrodok

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  1. Agrodok 038, Iniciar una cooperativa

    1/1/2004 Iniciativas económicas gestionadas por agricultores Las cooperativas agrícolas se desarrollan, generalmente, en economías rurales en la transformación de una agricultura autosuficiente hacia una producción plenamente comercial. Durante esta fase, los agricultores comienzan, generalmente, a darse...
    Business Skills Cooperative Market Production Agrodok

  2. Agrodok 037, Small-Scale Seed Production

    1/1/2004 With Variety Improvement of Cereals and Pulses Seed production and the maintenance of crop cultivars by small farmers is a subject that has attracted increasing attention over the past decade. The increasing dominance of large multinationals in the seed trade, the controversy over genetic...
    Seed Production Seed Saving Small Scale Agrodok

  3. Agrodok 036, Preparation of Dairy Products

    1/1/1985 This Agrodok is meant to serve as a manual for those who want to start small-scale production of dairy products in developing countries. The booklet introduces the reader to small-scale dairy production using simple techniques. It also gives an idea of the opportunities available to earn some...
    Dairy Products Dairy Processing Agrodok

  4. Agrodok 035, Donkeys for Transport and Tillage

    1/1/2002 Although the donkey is indigenous to the Northeast part of Africa, its use on the continent as a whole is limited. The donkey is probably most appreciated in its true home, in arid and mountainous areas, where it is used most extensively. It is widely acknowledged that these animals can play a...
    Donkeys Tranportation Options Tilage Agrodok

  5. Agrodok 034, Improving Hatching and Brooding in Small-Scale Poultry Keeping

    1/1/1985 Poultry plays an important role in most developing countries, as it contributes to the livelihood of rural smallholder farmers who keep village chickens. General information on chicken farming is discussed in many booklets on the subject, like Agrodok No. 4: small-scale chicken production. This...
    Poultry Breeding Poultry Farms Chicken Industry Brooding Poultry Agrodok

  6. Agrodok 033, Duck Keeping in the Tropics

    1/1/1999 This Agrodok covers a number of subjects which arise if you yourself, or people you work with, are considering keeping ducks. The aim is to give practical advice on small-scale duck keeping for those who work directly with small-scale farmers. A theoretical background is given in order that users...
    Ducks Tropical Animal Hu... Small Scale Produc... Agrodok

  7. Agrodok 032, Beekeeping in the Tropics

    1/1/1988 You can keep bees as an interesting hobby or as a source of income. This booklet provides you with information on how to work with honey bees. In most regions of the world this will be the European bee Apis mellifera, although in large parts of (sub)tropical Asia the rather similar species Apis...
    Beekeeping Tropical Beekeeping Apiculture Agrodok

  8. Agrodok 031, Storage of Agricultural Products

    1/1/1995 This booklet discusses how agricultural products are harvested and stored by farmers. In most cases, the products are stored without further handling for a shorter or longer period. Unfortunately losses of 25 percent for stored grain crops and 40-50 percent for vegetables are not unusual in the...
    Storage Agricultural Storage Agrodok Seed Storage

  9. Agordok 030, Non-chemical Crop Protection

    1/1/2007 As a farmer of arable crops or vegetables, you strive to achieve the highest yield and the best quality product possible. Of course you would prefer to do this with a minimum investment of energy and resources, but you are continuously bothered by all kinds of harmful organisms (pests) that...
    Crop Protection Non-Chemical Agrodok Sustainability

  10. Agrodok 029, Pesticides: Compounds, Use and Hazards

    1/1/1989 Agromisa would like to stress from the start that use of chemical pesticides should be completely avoided wherever possible. All options for using alternative, non-chemical methods of crop protection should be explored first. Only if none of these are possible should chemical control be...
    Pesticides Pesticide Application Agrodok