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87. Soil Fertility
2 Soil Fertility Management
African Organic Agriculture Training Manual
A Resource Manual for Trainers
Draft Version 1.1
December 2012
Ready for fi eld testing
African Organic Agriculture Training Manual Module 02 Soil Fertility Management
CONTENTS
1. Introduction 1
2. Soils 3
2.1. What is soil? 3
2.2. What is soil made of and what is its importance? 3
2.3. Soil structure 6
2.4. Soil types and their characteristics 7
3. Soil fertility 9
3...
organic-africa.net
88. Soil Fertility
2 Usimamizi wa Rutuba ya Udongo
Mwongozo wa Mafunzo ya Kilimo-Hai Afrika
Mwongozo kwa Wakufunzi
Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement
African Organic Agriculture Training Manual 2 Usimamizi wa Rutuba ya Udongo
YALIYOMO
1. Utangulizi 1
2. Udongo 3
2.1. Udongo ni nini? 3
2.2. Udongo umetengenezwa na nini na umuhimu
wake ? 3
2.3. Muundo wa udongo 6
2.4. Aina za udongo na sifa zake bainifu 7
3. Rutuba ya udongo 9
3.1. Rutuba ya udongo ni nini? 9...
organic-africa.net
90. Maize production
TEF
Post-harvest Operations
- Post-harvest Compendium
TEFF: Post-harvest Operations Page 1
TEF: Post-harvest Operations
Organization: Institute of Agricultural Research Organization, Holetta Agricultural Research
Center (IARO)
Author: Alemayehu Refera
Edited by AGSI/FAO: Danilo Mejia (Technical), Beverly Lewis (Language & Style)
Last reviewed: 14/05/2001
Contents
Preface...
fao.org
93. Our matoke will survive: Ugandan farmers fight banana bacterial wilt
Enhancing Cowpea Productivity for Sustainable
Livelihoods of Farmers in West Africa
Promoting the supply of improved
seeds, markets access, and the
deployment of extension services
for up-scaling best practices are
important factors conditioning the
rate of adoption and hence the
increased contribution of cowpea
to improved livelihoods of rural
farmers.
Cowpea has been called "the poor
man's meat," due to its high protein
content....
coraf.org
Insect Pests of Bamboos in Asia (Part 2)
INBAR_Technical_Report_No13_02..PDF32
Eggs, which are laid in clusters on the back surface of
leaves in the upper crown, take about a week to hatch.
Larvae remain in leaf cases for 11 months, feeding in
groups at the first two instars and individually
thereafter. The third instar larvae diapause in leaf cases
during summer and winter months and become active
in early March (Xu Tiansen 1989, 1992a; Nakahara
and Kobayashi 1963).
? Crocidophora...
inbar.int
Insect Pests of Bamboos in Asia (Part 3)
INBAR_Technical_Report_No13_03..PDF79
? Other Aphids Chucallis bambusicola Tak., Pseudoregma albostriata Liao, P. alexanderi Tak. and P. koshunensis Tak. are found on shoots of Miscentus sp., Sinocalamus oldhami and Dendrocalamus latiflorus, but in low numbers and cause only minor damage.
Other common aphids include Astegopteryx insularis van der Goot, Takecallis arundinariae Essig., T. taiwanus Tak., Melanaphis bambusae Full., Pseudoregma...
inbar.int
Bamboo Green Feed for Livestock
Bamboo Green Feed for Livestock - Highres printing version.pdf
inbar.int