MissionAssist Books - Agriculture and Farming

Small Livestock - Rabbits

Rabbits are useful animals for individual farmers, village groups and schools as they are very productive, reproduce rapidly and produce good quality meat and fur.

This uses material from "Footsteps 10" - the literary publication of Tear Fund, with kind permission. Illustrated by MissionAssist.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Food and Farming

This book gives an overview of the Shell Books which have been written to help farmers and their families produce, process and store their precious food crops beyond harvest.

Adapted from various "Practical Action" publications with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Growing Bamboo

Advice on how to cultivate bamboo plants from cuttings.

This material was taken from Footsteps - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. 

This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.

Making Compost in a Pit or Box

Farmers and gardeners use compost to improve their soils and increase their crop yields. This book describes one approach to making compost.

This uses material from "Footsteps 107", the literary publication of Tearfund, with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Pig Farming

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 technical brief produced by Practical Action in Nepal and used by kind permission along with other sources freely available on the internet
Illustration by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2022 MissionAssist

An Easy Way to Water Seeds

Use a tin can or plastic bottle as a mini-reservoir alongside your seeds or seedlings.

This uses material taken from Footsteps - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.

Small Livestock - Guinea Pigs

Guinea pigs are easy to raise for households and small-scale farmers, as they are very productive, reproduce rapidly and produce good quality meat and fur.

This uses material from "Footsteps 10" - the literary publication of Tear Fund, with kind permission. Illustrated by MissionAssist.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Gardening for Better Nutrition

This book shows how crops grown in home gardens can add important nutrients to the family diet; there is also a recipe for a soup you can make from some of those home-grown crops.

It uses material from Footsteps 52, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission
Illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist

How to Manage Bees

This explains how to manage bees: planning the work, inspecting the hive and understanding what you see.

This uses material from "Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: How to Manage Bees" by Pam Gregory, who offers this as her gift to beekeepers in developing countries. (The content of the text in this case may be freely used - including commercial use.)

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Small Livestock Farming - Grasscutters - 18-08-2023

How to farm grasscutters (also known as cane rats) as a small-scale home-based enterprise. Listing the advantages and disadvantages.

Adapted from Agrodok 52, Backyard Grasscutter Keeping made freely available by Agromisa Foundation, Wageningen Netherlands
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist
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