1. 08/04/2020 En me promenant dans la ferme avec M. Tuntun dans la campagne du Myanmar, je ne peux m’empêcher de sourire lorsqu’il me montre fièrement le biochar qu’il fabrique et utilise dans son mélange pour ses semis d’arbres fruitiers. Plutôt que de les brûler et de disséminer le carbone dans l’atmosphère,...
  2. This report gives details of 4 experiments, the results obtained and based on these, the recommendations made regarding feeding and working strategies. The four experiments were investigating the energy costs of walking on soils of different consistencies and the efficiencies of doing work,...
  3. The database contains photographs of plants from West Africa in a broad geographical sense, mainly from the savanna regions. You can search for scientific or vernacular names (or parts thereof, no wildcard necessary) via free text (in: “What are you looking for”) You can browse through a...
  4. 01/01/2015 « Depuis des siècles, les gens ramassent les quelque 2000 espèces d'insectes disponibles pour la consommation humaine. Contrairement aux préjugés occidentaux, il ne s'agit pas là d’une nourriture du pauvre, mais de mets délicieux. » Arnold van Huis, professeur d'entomologie tropicale, Université...
  5. With the objective of gaining a better insight into the challenges and opportunities of the livestock sub-sector in West Africa, FAO has conducted several studies and held various workshops in recent years. The outcomes of these studies and workshops conducted between 2009 and 2014 were published...
  6. Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) presence is confirmed inall Eastern African countriesexcept in Djibouti. In Ethiopia, the forecast period (January–March) coincides with the growing of irrigated maize and the maize crop, a preferred host, will be at risk. In Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia,...
  7. 01/01/2006 This book is a collection of ethnovet knowledge that is shared here for posterity. This book is recommended to Africans who are cut off from outside sources of animal healthcare, schools, research institutes and to the lovers of information in general. It gives examples of animal disease, the...