While snails pose a threat to many vegetables, Gideon Osuji from Nigeria sees mainly advantages in them. 'Innovative farmers of West Africa are eager to make snail farming a commercial venture and a staple source of protein. Snails can be of high...
The seven-year Uruguay Round of negotiations on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was concluded in April 1994 and for the first time the agreement included agricultural commodities. The aims of the agreement concerning agriculture...
It might look like a defensive structure against marauding enemies, but in fact it s just a way to improve yields in your fish-pond. Just place rows of bamboo sticks in the pond about half a metre apart. The sticks serve as a breeding ground for...
From earliest times, merchants have used donkeys to transport their goods; kola nuts from the coast of West Africa perhaps, or rock salt from the north of Africa to the south. And even today, donkeys continue to play an important role in rural...
C’est sans doute le moment de revenir au caoutchouc naturel. Bien que les prix aient chuté de 50% depuis 1996 pour atteindre 0, 70 $US/kg en 2001, une étude publiée début 2002 par l’Université d’Amsterdam prévoit une hausse de la demande et...
Handbook on small-scale freshwater fish farming
FAO Training Series 24 1994 205pp
ISSN 0259 2533
Publications Division, FAO,
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, ITALY
Dreams don't come much sweeter than this. Honey Care Africa, a small business in Kenya supported by the International Finance Corporation, has won the first Equator Prize. Launched in 2002 by a cluster of international agencies such as IUCN (the...
Integrated pest management implementation workshop for East/Central/Southern Africa proceedings of a Workshop held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1993 159pp price UKL10.00 ISBN 0 85954 383 8 NRl Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK Poultry...