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  1. African Orphan Crops: Their Significance and Prospects for Improvement

    This special issue of the ATDF Journal is dedicated to the Orphan Crops of Africa. Although orphan crops are also known by different names (e.g. underutilized-, lost- or disadvantaged-crops), they all refer to a group of crops that are vital to the economy of developing countries due to their...
    NUS Underutilized Crops
     

  2. Agronomic Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder Terrace Agriculture in Developing Countries

    Abstract, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Improving land productivity is essential to meet increasing food and forage demands in hillside and mountain communities. Tens of millions of smallholder terrace farmers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America who earn $1–2 per day do not have access to...
    Sloping Agricultur...
     

  3. Quinoa biodiversity and sustainability for food security under climate change. A review

    Abstract,Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2015 Climate change is rapidly degrading the conditions of crop production. For instance, increasing salinization and aridity is forecasted to increase in most parts of the world. As a consequence, new stress-tolerant species and genotypes must be...
    Quinoa
     

  4. A New Rearing Method for Cochineal Insects

    1993-12-19 A method for rearing the insect that yields the red dye, carmine.
    Insects Insect Products
     

  5. New Data on Moringa Seed to Purify Water

    1993-12-19 More information about using Moringa seeds for water treatment.
    Moringa Health Water Water Treatment
     

  6. Success With Velvet Bean in the Republic of Benin

    1993-12-19 Velvet bean,Mucuna pruriens, hasprobably had more impact on farmers lives than any plant distributed from our seedbank.
    velvet beans Legume Cover Crops Green Manures
     

  7. A New Idea for an Emergency Milk Substitute in West Africa

    1993-12-19 Information about the possibility of using egusi seeds to produce a milk substitute.
    Cucurbit Egusi Nutrition West Africa
     

  8. Sustainable Systems: Resources and Training Opportunities

    1996-10-19 Book Review:Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture A Resource List from ATTRA Book Review:Extension and Education Materials for Sustainable Agriculture Book Review:Farming for the Future: An Introduction to Low-External Input and Sustainable Agriculture ILEIA...
     

  9. Intercropping

    1996-10-19 Intercropping of Sugar Cane Egusi Can Reduce Weeds in Corn Striga Controlled in Pearl Millet by Intercropping with Cowpea
     

  10. Hillside Techniques

    1996-10-19 Innovative Methods of Terracing SALT Project (Sloping Agricultural Land Technology) How to Make and Use an A-Frame Book Review:Sembradores de Esperanza: Conservar para Cultivar y Vivir Book Review:Cuidemos Nuestra Tierra