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  1. Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions

    Laura S. Meitzner, Martin L. Price. This is a book of practical ideas. It is written for people who help those who live and make their living under difficult conditions in the tropics and subtropics. What should a development worker do to assist a community? There are no simple answers, but there are many possibilities—plants,...
    633.091 MEI | PI.007, PI.008

  2. 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

  3. Food from Dryland Gardens

    David Cleveland & Daniela Soleri Food from Dryland Gardens encourages gardens that serve local needs, that are based on local knowledge, and that conserve natural resources and the biological diversity of traditional crops. It was written for field workers, extension agents, students, project workers, and program planners. Both...
    635.043 CLE | PD.043

  4. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    Jeffrey D. Sachs A respected international economic advisor and the director of The Earth Institute shares a wide-spectrum theory about how to enable economic success throughout the world, identifying the different categories into which various nations fall in today's economy while posing solutions to top...
    339.4 SAC

  5. Plant Resources of South-East Asia, No 13, Spices

    C.C. de Guzman and J.S. Siemonsma (Editors) Prosea volume 13 'Spices' focuses on the aromatic plants and their parts, fresh or dried, whole or ground, that are primarily used to impart flavour and fragrance to foods and drinks. The volume is closely related to Prosea volume 19 'Essential-oil plants' that deals with aromatic plants whose...

  6. Agroforestry: manual for extension workers with emphasis on small scale farmers in Eastern Province, Zambia

    Samuel Simute This agroforestry manual is a culmination of many years of soil conservation work in Eastern Province. It has been accomplished as a result of team work involving various experts in the departments of agriculture, forestry and natural resources as well as various organizations. It will be useful...
    634.99 SIM

  7. A World List of Chickpea and Pigeonpea Pathogens

    Y.L. Nene et al This publication lists the pathogens and locations where they are distributed for chickpeas and pigeonpeas.
    635.657 NEN

  8. Invasive Alien Plants and their Management in Africa

    Gordon Boy & Arne Witt Invasive Alien Species (IAS) pose one of the most significant threats to biodiversity, agriculture, sustainable economic development and human and animal health on this planet. As a result of increased global trade and travel, invasive species have established themselves on every continent – not...

  9. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Climate Change Management in Africa

    Ajayi, O.C. (ed); Mafongoya, P.L. (ed) Climate change presents a profound challenge to food security and sustainable development in Africa. Its negative impacts are likely to be greatest in the African region, which is already food insecure. In the face of global climate change and its emerging challenges and unknowns, it is essential...

  10. Effective Extension Methods

    Neil Rowe-Miller and Putso Nyathi What is extension? Traditionally extension has been an approach where information from researchers has been transferred to farmers through extension personnel. The information flow in that case was top down (from researchers to farmers). The assumption was that farmers lack knowledge and hence...