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The main objective of this booklet is to introduce participants to the principles, concepts and practice of agroforestry research and development through the characterization and diagnosis of land use systems and the design of appropriate agroforestry interventions, adoptable by farmers, and...
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For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the “Green Revolution” succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year...
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2003-01-01 This book discusses conservation and cooperation, dehydration, extraction of herbal material, dehydration apparatus, the home based herbal business, skin care lotions and medicinal balms, and extraction apparatus of herbs in Africa.
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This book seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about different approaches to agricultural technology development and transfer. One central theme in these debates relates to the value and potential contribution of what is widely referred to as 'indigenous technical knowlege," or local knowledge...
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2021-01-20 The Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics publishes papers dealing with original research and review papers in the fields of plant production, animal nutrition and animal husbandry, soil science, rural economy and farm management, forestry and forest economy,...
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1978-01-01 95 pages, illustrated, photos
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This publication introduces the "new rice for Africa". NERICA is well adapted to the harsh growing environment in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The main findings of this study support the hypothesis that village chicken production forms the basis for transforming the rural poultry sector from subsistence to a more economically productive base. This study also highlights the importance of information systems, which include data management...
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2001-01-01 This guide provides a quick and easy reference for diagnosis and management of common skin diseases in Zimbabwean clinics and hospitals. 127 pages, illustrated, photos
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1974-01-01 The vegetable farming in Qatar is still at its early stage of development and many aspects need to be improved before this phase of agriculture can rely on itself. The main targets for the local vegetable industry should be:--to ensure a local source of food supplies for the longest period...