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This is a step-by-step guide to the promotion of fodder shrubs for smallholder dairy enterprises in East Africa. It is intended for both extension managers and field-based extensionists, in particular those who are startingto work with fodder shrubs for the first time. Ths book is divided into...
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01/01/1980 The objectives of this workshop are twofold: to identify the problems and constraints to bean production in Eastern Africa; and to formulate a positive action program at national, regional and international levels for solving the problems identified.
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East Africa boasts a tremendous natural wealth of flora – indigenous, naturalized and exotic. This field guide features some 600 of the trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves commonly found in the region. Species accounts include information about habitat, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit, and general...
- Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a very drought-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing, cool season crop that tolerates heat during fruiting and ripening. It is grown as a cool season annual in a broad belt through the Mediterranean region to the subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Europe, Central, and...
- Maize is an annual, warm-climate crop in the grass family, thriving in open sunny environments with daytime temperatures of 20-24C. Maize is used fresh, frozen, canned, rolled and roasted for corn flakes, pressed for oil, or processed for ethanol as fuel. Maize is also an important feed source...
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01/01/1983 Since the earliest times man has used plants to create physical barriers: as protection against wild animals and enemies; for shelter of dwellings, gardens, crops and livestock against injurious winds; to hide unsightly buildings or features of the environment; to provide privacy and for many...
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01/01/2017 Africa's Inland Mission (AIM) is overcoming obstacles to make inroads and make disciples among Africa's remaining unreached. This book depicts with beautiful photography the regions of Africa.
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The objectives of this guide is to raise awareness of the extent of post-harvest losses due to pests and diseases, to increase awareness of the benefits of maintaining genetic variability and traditional crop varieties, to introduce the concept of grain banks, and to introduce new concepts of...
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This volume provides factual background for volume 1. This is meant to serve as a reforce book for the teacher who wants to structure the teaching of agriculture according to the ideas expressed in volume 1. Its emphasis is on African subsistence and tree crop farming in the humid tropics. It...
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Agriculture as a subject in Primary School is treated in a systematic way. A number of reasons for including Agriculture in the primary school curriculum are given, with a clear preference for a science-oriented approach. Curriculum design and the structure of a scheme of work are discussed and a...