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L'actualisation des informations de décembre 2003 évoque la...

The use of fertilizers in many Third World countries has increased greatly during the last decade. About 40% of the world's nitrogen fertilizer and 30% of its phosphate fertilizer now go to tropical or sub-tropical regions. But not all fertilizers...

Biotechnology in the Agricultural Industry [booklet]

The IFAD-funded soil and water conservation project in Niger`s Illela District is a model for the restoration of degraded and abandoned land, based on simple and replicable methods which are implemented by the local people. The project started in...

The Kenyan experience in establishing a successful national soil conservation programme led to the creation of the SIDA (Swedish International Development Authority) funded Regional Soil Conservation Unit (RSCU) based in Nairobi. The aim of the...

Forests for the Future. Local Strategies for Forest Protection, Economic Welfare and Social Justice. Edited by P Wolvekamp. Zed Books in association with Both ENDS and Econet, 1999. 288 pp. ISBN 1 85649 757 7. US$25 26 (excluding postage) Zed B

Mobility has now been incorpora ted into the UPIL machine developed by IRAT/CIRAD for on-site production of a leguminous inoculant. This self-contained unit is designed to produce the rhizobium bacteria needed to enable leguminous plants to fix...

Enterprising gardeners with limited space at their disposal have been growing food in containers from earliest times. The ancient Greeks, for example, grew food in earthenware pots: these are still widely used today to increase growing space. A...

In Cameroon and the forested areas of Guinea, the advent of cheap Chinese motorbikes is opening up remote villages and stimulating trade...

The growing exchange of manufactured goods between small islands and other developing countries is hindered by infrastructure problems, notably inadequate harbour facilities, high shipping costs, and insufficient cargo volumes to attract lower...