MissionAssist Books - Agriculture and Farming

Keeping Fish and Ducks - 01/06/2024

Here are some basic suggestions for keeping ducks on a fish pond.

This uses material taken from Footsteps - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.

Making Compost in a Pit or Box - 01/05/2024

Farmers and gardeners use compost to improve their soils and increase their crop yields. This book describes one approach to making compost.

This uses material from "Footsteps 107", the literary publication of Tearfund, with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Small Livestock Farming - Grasscutters - 18/08/2023

How to farm grasscutters (also known as cane rats) as a small-scale home-based enterprise. Listing the advantages and disadvantages.

Adapted from Agrodok 52, Backyard Grasscutter Keeping made freely available by Agromisa Foundation, Wageningen Netherlands
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist
More detailed information can be found online at: https://publications.cta.int/media/publications/downloads/1787_PDF.pdf

Willow for Healthier Lambs - 12/08/2023

Willow trees grow in many different countries and can offer a natural tonic for sheep; this book describes the early results of on-farm research into the health benefits of feeding willow to lambs.

The book was inspired by an Innovative Farmers webinar and also uses material from the public domain.
Illustrated by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist

Bokashi for Better Soil - 10/02/2023

This book explains the benefits of using bokashi to improve your soil’s fertility and describes how to make it.

It uses material from the public domain
Illustrated by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist

Vetiver Grass - 10/11/2022

This book explains how to use Vetiver grass (Vetiveria Zizanoides) to prevent soil erosion and loss of rainwater on farms; it also describes some of the many other uses for this versatile plant.

False Bananas - 21/05/2022

This book describes the cultivation and use of the false banana, ensete ventricosum, in Ethiopia and suggests that it could become a useful staple food elsewhere in Africa.

Compiled from information available in the public domain
Illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2022 MissionAssist

Helpful Weeds - 01/10/2021

This book looks at three weeds that farmers may find beneficial to their crops, and a fourth that can be used to treat a common disease of chickens.

It uses material from Footsteps 48 and 65, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission
and from an article by James Biscoe in Journal No.43 of the Tropical Agriculture Association (UK) with kind permission
Illustrations by MissonAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist

Two Productive Gardens - 10/09/2021

“How much land is needed to feed a family for whom maize is the staple crop?” This book demonstrates two practical solutions to a family’s need for good nutrition and food security despite the challenges of global warming.

It uses material from Practical Action Field Report July 2021 with kind permission
Illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist

How to Store Grain Effectively - 10/09/2021

This book stresses the importance of fully drying grain before storage, with particular reference to maize and rice, outlining the risks to human health posed by mouldy grain and giving tips on the best low-cost ways of keeping stored grain dry. It also describes a sustainable farmer-to-farmer seed exchange system in Bangladesh.

It uses material from Footsteps 65, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission
Additional illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist