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2020/06/03 This is the first book in a series of three about baby care. It is about pregnancy and birth and tells the story of a strong and healthy family with intelligent and hard-working children. Father and mother are happy with their three children and the story is about the little one, for whom the...
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2020/05/30 Instructions on how to make a compost container out of an old oil drum, how to make ventilation holes in it and what to put in it to develop a compost that will help with the fertilisation of plants. This has been adapted from a shell template produced by SIL in Papua New Guinea. The text is...
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2021/02/12 This book explains how natural regeneration by farmers using simple, low-cost techniques can encourage the re-growth of trees from live stumps and from seeds in the ground. This uses material from "Footsteps 110", the literary publication ofTEAR Fund, with kind permission. Additional...
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2021/02/12 This book describes and illustrates six systems for growing fruit and vegetables hydroponically. This uses material from "Footsteps 110", the literary publication ofTEAR Fund, with kind permission. Illustrations by MissionAssist. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by...
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2021/10/01 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 fromFootsteps 48and65, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission and from an article by James Biscoe in Journal...
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2020/06/01 A suggested design for a raised grain or food store to discourage raids by rats and mice. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
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2021/09/10 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...
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2020/06/01 This book contains useful tips for farmers coping with climate change and other practical problems. It lists other Shell Books that give more detailed information for each topic covered. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This...
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2020/05/30 Some methods of harvesting fruit are dangerous and damage the fruit. Using a container on the end of a stick is safe and fruit can be picked without damage. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This edition was published in the...
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2020/05/30 Advice on siting, building and maintaining a fishpond, then buying, farming and harvesting the fish to go in it. Adapted, with permission, from the "Handbook on Small-Scale Freshwater Fish Farming", number 24 of a training series of handbooks published by the Publications Division of the Food and...
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