Resources Tagged: Horticulture

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  1. Global Horticulture Knowledge Bank

    This Global Horticulture Knowledge Bank (or Global Hort Knowledge Bank) aims to provide credible, focused, High-demand and added value information to help people in developing countries. The Global Horticulture Knowledge Bank is an output of International Programs of the College of Agricultural...
    Horticulture Nuts Flowers Garden Vegetables Knowledge Bank Fruit East Africa

  2. Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Prog.

    The Horticulture Innovation Lab builds international partnerships for fruit and vegetable research to improve livelihoods in developing countries. The program team and its projects help the world's poorest people break out of a persistent cycle of poverty by improving smallholder farmers’...
    Horticulture Garden Vegetables Smallholder Farm Appropriate Techno... Fruit East Africa

  3. Agricultural and Horticultural Seeds: FAO

    Key Resource 1961-06-01 In this study by FAO of the UN an attempt has been made to provide a world-wide review of some aspects of the production, control and distribution of seeds.
    Horticulture Plant Propagation Botany Propagation

  4. The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees

    Key Resource 1976-09-01 This book is divided into 2 parts. Part I, by R.J. Garner, deals with the establishment and equipment of the nursery, the pots and other containers, the various methods of propagation and with the transplanting of the young plants. This part is well illustrated. Part II is written by various...
    Horticulture Plant Propagation Botany Propagation

  5. Propagating Plants: An Organic Approach

    Key Resource 1998-01-01 This book is divided into four parts - Part 1 explains what you need to keep a successful nursery. Part 2 describes propagation from seeds and Part 3 covers methods of vegetative propagation. Part 4 gives the best way to propagate 100 selected useful plants. 140 pages, illustrated
    Horticulture Plant Propagation Botany

  6. Kitchen Gardens a Handbook for Development Workers

    1985-01-01 This manual was designed to help development workers in starting kitchen garden projects in conjunction with health and nutrition programs.
    Garden Vegetables Horticulture Gardening Vegetable gardening

  7. Snake Oil, Horticultural Myths and Urban Legends from a Horticulturist

    Horticulture is the cultivation of plants as ornamentals or for the production of food. When things go wrong (plants grow poorly or not at all), horticulturists sometimes turn to products that can “cure”, revitalize, invigorate, stimulate or enhance the growth of their plant or crop. A...
    Mychorrizal Compost Tea Horticulture

  8. Home & Community Gardens Assessment Program Implementation Experience: The Tip of the Iceberg

    1990-06-01 This report reviews the operational experiences, problems and concerns encountered, and the lessons learned by both USAID and non-USAID assisted home and community gardening projects. 33 pages plus appendices 2 copies Report no. TA-2
    Vegetable gardening Community Gardens Horticulture

  9. Tropical Fruits: Volume 1

    2011-01-01 The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling...
    Postharvest Systems Botany Tree Management Fruit Tree Management Pineapple Papaya Mango Litchi Avocado Horticulture Tropical Fruit

  10. Walipini Construction (The Underground Greenhouse)(Rev. ed.)

    2002-01-01 The Walipini (underground or pit greenhouse) is this bulletin is designed specifically for the area of La Pax, Bolivia. It utilizes nature's resources to provide a warm, stable, well-lit environment for year-round vegetable production. Benson Agriculture and Food Institute Publication 26 pages,...
    Horticulture Greenhouses