A crop indigenous to Africa,amaranthis highly versatile—it grows easily and prolifically in the humid tropics, survives in high altitudes and is a well-known “drought crop” that thrives in hot and dry weather. In Uganda, there are over 60 varieties of amaranths (locally known as dodo) but most of...
Why grow Amaranthus crop: It requires less input to grow and can be grown by the rural poor It is easily harvested It is early maturing producing a lot of seeds/grains Highly tolerant to drought Highly nutritive with high quality proteins (lysine and methionine) and high levels of vitamins and...
29/01/2019 La 25e conférence internationale annuelle de ECHO sur l'agriculture s'est tenue en novembre 2018. Vous trouverez ci-dessous une brève description de quelques-unes des séances plénières du matin. Pour celles-ci et d'autres, des vidéos et des présentations de diapositives sont disponibles sur...