وسائل ٹیگ کردہ: Seed Saving

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  1. Collecting and Keeping Seeds

    01 جون 2020 Harvesting seeds enables farmers to avoid purchasing them from others each year. Collecting and saving seeds from tomatoes and members of the cabbage family, both of which favour temperate and colder climates, are explained. This booklet has been adapted from a Shell Book, "Ideias para guardar...
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  2. Low-Cost Seed Storage Technologies

    13 جولائی 2023 This article summarizes ECHO research published in Experimental Agriculture by Trail et al. (2022).Many smallholder farmers in the tropics do not have electricity or access to equipment for climate-controlled seed storage. There are, however, low-cost technologies that can be used instead. The...
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  3. Recap of Options for Storing Grains

    06 جنوری 2023 Spoilage of stored grain is a major obstacle for smallholder farmers around the world. This article leans on the expertise of Dr. Floyd Dowell (an Agricultural Engineer retired from USDA Center for Grain and Animal Health Research) and highlights some of the options covered in previous ECHO...
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  4. Agrodok 037, Small-Scale Seed Production

    01 جنوری 2004 With Variety Improvement of Cereals and Pulses Seed production and the maintenance of crop cultivars by small farmers is a subject that has attracted increasing attention over the past decade. The increasing dominance of large multinationals in the seed trade, the controversy over genetic...
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  5. Understanding Seed Handling For Germination

    01 جنوری 1986 This report notes general considerations in seed harvesting, handling, and storage, and it focuses attention on methods to enhance germination for seeds started in seedbeds. The paper is intended to be especially useful for persons interested in setting up a small business that produces seed for...
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  6. Select the Best: Positive Selection to Improve Farm Saved Seed Potatoes - Trainers Manual

    20 جنوری 2009 This training manual is designed to provide step-by step instructions to trainers in teaching potato farmers positive selection, that is, to ‘select the best’. Positive selection can be used to improve the quality of the seed potatoes saved from the farmers own crop. The manual contains two major...
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  7. Select the Best: Positive Selection to Improve Farm Saved Seed Potatoes - Farmer Field Aid

    20 جنوری 2009 Intended as a reference for farmers trained in seed potato selection and to promote farmer-to-farmer technology transfer, this full-colour leaflet outlines the basic principles of seed potato selection and includes photographs depicting the major potato diseases. It accompanies the Picture Book...
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  8. Select the Best: Positive Selection to Improve Farm Saved Seed Potatoes - Picture Book

    20 جنوری 2009 This manual provides a training approach for teaching farmers how to increase potato yields by improving the quality of farm-saved seed potatoes. After background information on seed potato degeneration, common potato diseases, selection issues and training methodology, it is divided into eight...
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  9. A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya

    01 جنوری 1984 A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya was compiled to answer two basic tree-planting questions: which trees are the best to plant in my particular climate type? And where do I get the seeds or their seedlings? Ninety tree species are described, along with their best climate types. For...
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  10. The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving

    04 مئی 2015 This comprehensive book on the art and science of seed saving demystifies the time-honored tradition of collecting the seeds of more than 75 crops-from heirloom tomatoes and peppers to century-old varieties of beans and grains. InThe Seed Garden, Seed Savers Exchange and the Organic Seed Alliance...
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