வளங்கள் Tagged: Agrodok

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  1. Agrodok 003, Preservation of Fruit and Vegetables

    19-01-1984 This Agrodok will focus on a few simple and relatively inexpensive preservation techniques that can be applied on a small scale by an individual or a small group (of families for example). Chapter 2 provides information on food spoilage in general, its causes and dangerous effects, as well as...
    Vegetables Fruit Food Preservation Agrodok

  2. Agrodok 004, Small-Scale Chicken Production

    19-01-1990 Poultry is an important farm species in almost all countries. It is an important source of animal protein, and can be raised in situations with limited feed and housing resources. Chickens are ‘waste-converters’: they ‘convert’ a scavenged feed resource base into animal protein. They are...
    Agrodok Animal Husbandry Poultry Farms Chicken Industry Small Scale Farmers

  3. Agrodok 005, Fruit Growing in the Tropics

    01-01-1992 The previous editions of this Agrodok, published in 1992 and 1999, gave a general introduction into fruit growing in the tropics and described 8 major crops. Working on this revision, the general introduction quickly filled the entire Agrodok! And if the major fruit crops are to be dealt with...
    Agrodok Banana Passionfruit Tropical Fruit Tree Fruit Growing Tropical Fruit

  4. Agrodok 006, Simple Construction Surveying for Rural Applications

    01-01-1990 The majority of farmers in the world still practise some form of subsistence farming. Their draught-animal and handwork-based farming practices, however, cannot be compared with the completely mechanised and highly automated precision-farming practices that are becoming the norm for many of their...
    Agrodok Design & Construction Rural areas Surveying

  5. Agrodok 007, Goat Keeping in the Tropics

    01-01-1991 Goats play an important role in food production systems in developing countries. Their great popularity can be explained by their good adaptation to many different climates (ecological adaptation) and the many uses for which they can be kept. Goats are especially important in developing...
    Agrodok Goat Industry Tropical Animal Hu... Goats

  6. Agrodok 008, Preparation and Use of Compost

    01-01-1980 This booklet has been compiled to give information about how compost can be applied in the tropics and subtropics. It gives a simple description of the processes taking place in the soil and during composting. Practical suggestions are given for constructing a compost heap. A few selected compost...
    Compost Use Agrodok Compost

  7. Agrodok 009, The Home Garden in the Tropics

    01-01-2008 This Agrodok replaces ‘The vegetable garden in the tropics’, which treated the garden as a series of plots for the production of vegetable crops. In this edition, features such as hedges and trees and shrubs that give a garden its permanent character, come to the fore. Moreover, the emphasis is...
    Agrodok Tropical Garden Tropical Home Garden

  8. Agrodok 010, Cultivation of Soya and other Legumes

    01-01-2002 This Agrodok is based on a previous shorter edition, Soya. The text has been extended to include more practical information on growing and processing soya and other legumes into nutritious food products. We have included other legumes so that the information in the book will be useful in more...
    Agrodok Legumes Legumes as Food Soy Beans Soya bean

  9. Agrodok 012, Preservation of Fish and Meat

    19-01-1994 This Agrodok is intended as a practical manual that reviews the simple techniques used to preserve fish and meat. The booklet gives guidelines for several preservation techniques. The methods described and the results achieved can, of course, differ locally. The general introduction deals with...
    Agrodok Meat Preservation Fish Preservation Meat Processing Food Preservation

  10. Agrodok 014, Dairy Cattle Husbandry

    01-01-1996 More Milk Through Better Management This Agrodok provides information about the main aspects of dairy farming in the tropics such as feeding, breeding, health care, reproduction and recording. It is meant for smallholders with some education and some knowledge about dairy cattle. The second...
    Cattle Production Agrodok Animal Husbandry Dairy cattle health Dairy Cattle