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1984-01-01 A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya was compiled to answer two basic tree-planting questions: which trees are the best to plant in my particular climate type? And where do I get the seeds or their seedlings? Ninety tree species are described, along with their best climate types. For...
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1994-01-01 Teaching of agriculture as a separate topic is a major subject in primary school. The topics in the series have been presented in comparatively great depth and breadth. They include our environment, animals and plants, soil, gardening, and farm animals. Library contains 4 volumes: books 4, 5, 6,...
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This volume provides factual background for volume 1. This is meant to serve as a reforce book for the teacher who wants to structure the teaching of agriculture according to the ideas expressed in volume 1. Its emphasis is on African subsistence and tree crop farming in the humid tropics. It...
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Agriculture as a subject in Primary School is treated in a systematic way. A number of reasons for including Agriculture in the primary school curriculum are given, with a clear preference for a science-oriented approach. Curriculum design and the structure of a scheme of work are discussed and a...
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2010-01-01 This booklet reports on the importance of the planting of soybeans to contribute to ensure food security. 39 pages, tables
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Offers a practical, action-oriented approach designed to alleviate famine through the use of organic gardening techniques, changes in crops, and the avoidance of pesticides.
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1987-01-01 This volume on sesbania, a member of the legume family, brings together research and combines it with previous studies and an extensive review of the literature. Sesbania occurs both in annual and perennial forms in tropical an subtropical regions and is adaptable in a wide variety of soil...
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1966-01-01 475 pages, illustrated
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1991-07-01 This paper describes, through a case study, how the On-Farm Seed Project in Senegal has used farmer participatory research to improve resource-poor farmers' production of rice seed and food grain. Though the example is specific, the principles it illustrates -- for conducting research and for...
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Keyline methods enable the rapid development of deep biologically fertile soil by converting subsoil into living topsoil. Keyline pattern cultivation enables the rapid flood irrigation of undulating land without terracing. Incidental results are the healing of soil erosion, bio-adsorption of...