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  1. Save and Grow in Practice: A guide to sustainable cereal production

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has put together a guide about intensifying crop production in sustainable ways. The guide’s overview states, “The ‘Save and Grow’ model of crop production intensification, proposed by FAO, aims at increasing both yields and...

  2. Handbook for Integrated Soil Fertility Management

    Edited by Thomas Fairhurst A question that we get asked at ECHO is “Are you an organic farm?” And the answer is “No. Because of our unique soils, climate and objectives, we do use herbicides, insecticides and mineral fertilizer as needed. At the same time, we aim to minimize our use of and reliance on expensive inputs.”...
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  3. Expert Consultation on Nutrition Indicators for Biodiversity #2

    Presenting nutrition and biodiversity as a single issue is one of the main rationales of the Cross-Cutting Initiative on Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition, which is led by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with Bioversity International. The overall...

  4. West African food composition table

    Stadlmayr, B.;Charrondiere, U.R.;Enujiugha, V.;Bayili, R.G.;Fagbohoun, E.G.;Samb, B.;Addy, P.;Barikmo, I.;Ouattara, F.;Oshuag, A.;Akinyele, I.;Annor, G.A.;Bomfeh, K.;Ene-Obong, H.;Smith, I.F.;Thiam, I.;Burlingame, B.; Abstract: This edition of the West African Food Composition Table is a revised version of the Food composition table `Composition of Selected foods from West Africa`, which was published in September 2010 (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i1755e.pdf). It extends and updates the number of foods and values...

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