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No one cultivates sloping land out of choice: hillsides are difficult to cultivate, especially with animals or tractors, and they are notoriously prone to water and soil erosion. To reduce or prevent erosion on steep slopes, where simply cultivating...

Feeding and greening the world: the role of international agricultural research by Derek Tribe 1994 274pp (pbk) ISBN 0 85198 920 9 CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DE, UK

The Growing Diversity Website was launched in May 2002 with dozens of case studies of successful agricultural biodiversity projects based on people s control and local knowledge, worldwide. Run by the Genetic Resources Action International...

On market days in the villages of Benin, travelling bankers criss-cross the roads and alleyways to meet their many and varied clients. Tens of thousands of people entrust small amounts of money to these street bankers and then claim back their...

Darwin's dreampond - drama in Lake Victoria by Tijs Goldschmidt (translated by Sherry Marx-Macdonald) 1996 274pp ISBN 9780262 071789

Making the deserts bloom may soon be more than just a dream. Researchers at the Scottish Agricultural College have developed a hydrogel, a water-retentive swelling gel, which makes it possible to grow crops and trees in arid areas where saline...

International markets for African agricultural exports: agricultural policy reform and agricultural exports by Philip Digges, Ann Gordon and Alan Marter 1997 44p ISBN 0 85954 468 0 price UKL 10.00

Small scale food processing in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia: Addressing information and communication management needs for sector development Study Report. K Atkinson et al. CTA, 2000. 60 pp. ISBN 92 9081 2273 CTA number 985, 10 credit points

Ethnobotany: principles and application by C M Cotton 1996 424pp ISBN 0 471 95537 X Pbk UKL24.95 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD, UK

Most brands and organizations associated with fair-trade endorse the following broad principles a guaranteed minimum price to producers, which may involve a 'surcharge' or premium above world market price a commitment to improve social and...