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2020-11-10 This book contains useful tips for farmers coping with climate change and other practical problems. It lists other Shell Books that give more detailed information for each topic covered. This uses material from "Footsteps 99", the literary publication ofTear Fund, with kind permission. This...
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2021-02-12 Growing mushrooms can provide a useful extra income stream or supply additional protein for the family diet. This uses material from "Footsteps 99", the literary publication ofTEAR Fund, with kind permission. Illustrations by MissionAssist. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by...
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2021-09-10 “How much land is needed to feed a family for whom maize is the staple crop?” This book demonstrates two practical solutions to a family’s need for good nutrition and food security despite the challenges of global warming. It uses material from Practical Action Field Report July 2021 with kind...
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2022-11-10 This book explains how to use Vetiver grass (Vetiveria Zizanoides) to prevent soil erosion and loss of rainwater on farms; it also describes some of the many other uses for this versatile plant. This work uses material from an article by James Biscoe with kind permission Diagrams reproduced...
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2020-06-01 How to give maize seedlings an early start and save time between crops. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
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2020-06-01 Harvesting seeds enables farmers to avoid purchasing them from others each year. Collecting and saving seeds from tomatoes and members of the cabbage family, both of which favour temperate and colder climates, are explained. This booklet has been adapted from a Shell Book, "Ideias para guardar...
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2020-06-01 This is the first in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at seedbeds, flowering and fruiting, preparing seeds, planting the seedbed, preparing the rice paddy, planting the rice, weeding and harvesting. Adapted from "Ini Sa Ukit Ta Egbael Basakan" 1993, SIL...
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2020-06-01 This is the second in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at problems with poor soil and covers zinc deficiency, using zinc sulphate and nitrogen fertiliser. It advises on varieties of rice to give the best harvest, how to put fertiliser in the soil and how...
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2020-06-01 This is the fourth in a series of four books on planting and maintaining a rice paddy. It looks at problems with diseases and covers blast, sheath blight, brown spot, narrow brown leaf spot, false smut, sheath rot, bacterial blight, bacterial leaf streak and viruses. Adapted from "Ini Sa Ukit Ta...
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A book about pig farming, taking you from choosing a site to keep pigs, deciding which breed to buy, feeding and caring for them and finally butchering them to obtain delicious meat. Additional sources of online help are listed and an easy recipe for cooking pork is included. Adapted from a...
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