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  1. Sustainable Agriculture Extension Manual for Eastern and Southern Africa

    International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Sustainable Agriculture covers a wide range of topics: soil and water conservation, using organic matter to sustain soil fertility, pest management, cropping systems, livestock management, and many others. For agriculture to be sustainable, it must take into account not only the physical...
    630.96 IIR

  2. Fodder Shrubs for Dairy Farmers in East Africa: Making Extension Decisions and Putting Them into Practice

    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...
    631.64 WAM

  3. Greenhouse Gardening for the Purpose of Self-Sustaining Ministry in the Former Soviet Union

    Mark R. Elliott This publication addresses definitions, greenhouse gardening benefits, the Mittleider Method of cultivation practiced at the Zaoksky farm where the training took place, and specifics of greenhouse best practices including size; design; placement; orientation; foundation construction; framing;...
    635 ELL

  4. Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa

    (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme, (UNCTAD) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where the CBTF has been implementing a project on organic agriculture since 2004. Organic agriculture is a holistic production system based on active agroecosystem...
    631.584 UNI

  5. Vetiver Roots

    Dr. Paul Truong As root constitutes a very important and significant proportion of the Vetiver plant, whose behavior under various environmental conditions must be highly influenced by its root system. Therefore, a better understanding of plant roots in general and of vetiver roots in particular is vital for...

  6. Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

    Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Agriculture and Horticulture are vital sciences as they suffice the very basic need of food for the Human beings. Qualitative and quantitative food can essentially be produced from healthy plants which in turn are produced only when their seedlings/sapplings are vigorous and healthy. Nursery is...

  7. Sweet Potato Culture and Diseases Agriculture Handbook, No. 388

    Clarence E. Steinbaurer This publication discusses how to grow sweet potatoes, the areas in the world where they are grown, and diseases of them.
    635.22 USD

  8. Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants: Agriculture Handbook No. 496 by United States Department of Agriculture

    S. E. McGregor. Worldwide, more than 3,000 plant species have been used as food, only 300 of which are now widely grown, and only 12 of which furnish nearly 90 percent of the world's food. These 12 include the grains: rice, wheat, maize (corn), sorghums, millets, rye, and barley, and potatoes, sweet potatoes,...
    582.016 USD | PA.006, PG.014

  9. Growing Your Own Vegetables

    George and Katy Abraham et al. This publication describes the different home garden vegetables and how to grow and harvest them. Problems in growing each vegetable are included.
    635. USD

  10. Household Gardens: Theoretical Considerations on an Old Survival Strategy

    Vera K. Ninez This research report discusses the historical significance and function of home gardens, offers a definition, and develops a policy-relevant typology based on ecological and socioeconomic determinants. Finally, a cross-cultural comparative review of the literatureis undertaken. Despite increasing...
    635.01 NIN