- 20/01/2017 Agriculture is one of the East African Community’s most important economic sectors. The major staple foods in the region are maize, rice, potatoes, bananas, cassava, wheat, sorghum, millet and pulses. However, agricultural production in the region is prone to the vagaries of climate change,...
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Ressource principale 01/01/1994 Sorghum examines the characteristics and cultivation of this important crop in a vairety of different agriculatural conditions and zones.
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AccessAgriculture Training Video Lors des visites hebdomadaires et avec l’appui de leur vulgarisateur, un champ école paysan en Tanzanie apprend comment tester des variétés de sorgho pour leur tolérance au striga et pour leur comportement sous des différentes pratiques. Langues disponibles...
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This publication contains a series of articles on how, when, why, and what of raising sorghum.
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AccessAgriculture Training Video Accroitre le nombre de plants en réduisant la distance entre les poquets de semis est un préalable important pour obtenir une culture uniforme et un rendement élevé. Par contre, une densité trop élevée et trop de plantes par poquet pourraient empêcher la culture...
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20/11/2018 Grain sorghum(Sorghum bicolor)and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)are both globally important warm-season,annual cereal grain crops.Small-scale farmers who grow these grains can belimited by access to fertilizers and human labor. Agricultural low input systems use few commercial inputs,...
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20/01/2012 192 pages, illustrated, photos Information Bulletin no. 34
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Sorghum,Sorghum bicolor, is an annual or perennial grass in the family Poaceae grown primarily for its grain. Sorghum has an erect solid stem with one or more tillers (additional shoot that grows subsequent to the parent shoot) and curving leaves which are arranged alternately on the stems and...
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With its many illustrations and the comprehensive treatment of the subject, it would be an excellent source-book for the students at the graduate and postgraduate levels, and an invaluable reference book for those attempting to recognize and control the diseases to which millets are susceptible....
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20/04/2001 Resilience to disaster Resilience in farm level food security Farmers' responses to reduce the risks of drought Trees for semi-nomadic farmers Enset, the tree against hunger Underground storage of sorghum African farmer Effective women's development Far from all oil palm turmoil Measuring...