Resources Tagged: Wild Plants
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Access Agriculture Training Video Some plants repel insects naturally. Grow them in between your crop to deter insects. By knowing the wild plants that grow in your area, you can prepare your own herbal insect repellent at no cost. Add cow urine to help extract the repelling compounds from milky...
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1/01/2006 The Value of Wild Plants Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are wild plant and animal products harvested from forests, such as wild fruits, vegetables, nuts, edible roots, honey, palm leaves, medicinal plants, poisons and bush meat. Millions of people – especially those living in rural areas in...
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20/09/2007 Bringing agriculture and health workers together Fighting AIDS with traditional foods and organic practices The revival of an ancient crop Seeking sustainable health improvements using orange-fleshed sweet potato Child nutrition in Mexico under conventional and organic agirculture Beating...
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20/06/2004 Youth and rural livelihoods Growing up in the REAL world Experiences from Honduras and Colombia Children and the red hairy caterpillar offensive Primary schools as catalysts for change Rediscovering cultural roots: children and biodiversity in the Andes The pathfinder Academy Young farmers in...
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1/01/1962 In the following presentation, there are assembled for the first time more than 115 species, native or naturalized in South Florida and/or on the Florida Keys, that offer food, drink, or, in a few instances, salt-, tobacco- and soap-substitutes - or emergency means of cleaning the teeth. 76...
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The Weed Cookbook is surely one of the most unusual cookbooks you will come upon. It describes, identifies and illustrates 221 plants that grow wild and in profusion in woods, on roadsides, in your own backyard--plants that not only are safe to eat, but will taste delicious and are packed with...
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First-ever revision of a classic guidebook Essential information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and edibility as well as updated taxonomy and 18 new species How to find, prepare, and eat plants growing in the wild This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a...
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When Bill and his wife Wendy set up home six years ago in the middle of Queensland's tropical jungle, the majical colours, shapes and textures of the truits that surrounded them prompted the Coopers into action. Together, they have colleted and recorded--and Bill has illustrated with remarkable...
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Rural people of Ethiopia are endowed with a deep knowledge concerning the use of wild plants. This is particularly true for the use of medicinal plants, but also for wild plants, some of which are consumed at times of drought, war and other hardship. Elders and other knowledgeable community...
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12/12/2017 Conference Proceedings The 6th Biennial ECHO Asia Agriculture and Community Development Conference Editors’ Note In an effort to expand the dissemination of technical materials and best practices presented during this year’s ECHO Asia Agriculture & Community Development Conference, the ECHO...