1. 10-09-2021 “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...
  2. 10-11-2022 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...
  3. 01-06-2020 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.
  4. 01-06-2020 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...
  5. 01-06-2020 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...
  6. 01-06-2020 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...
  7. 01-06-2020 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 10-07-2021 This book shows how people with physical or mental disabilities can make a valuable contribution to the daily and seasonal work on a farm. Written and illustrated for MissionAssist This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist Copyright 2021 MissionAssist
  10. 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...