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seventh scientific conference of IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements) Ouagadougou from January 2 to 5, 1989

Jean H. Guilmette, who has just taken over as Director of the Club du Sahel, is a man who has made development the vocation. He is a French-speaking Canadian and a sociologist specialising in the administration of development programmes He was...

The Composition of Foods Commonly Eaten in East Africa, ISBN 90-72407-105 Copies and further information available from: Dr E.C. West Department of Human Nutrition Wageningen Agricultural University De Dreijen 12 6307 BC Wageningen THE NE

In West Africa scientists have shown that nitrogen applied in solution is the best fertilizer for rice grown in mangrove swamps. Granular fertilisers tend to get washed away by the twice dally flooding. Scientists at the West African Rice...

Supplementing rainfall with small amounts of water is a more efficient way of using scarce irrigation water than full-blown irrigation schemes. Such supplementarg irrigation can more than double crop yields. Researchers at the international Centre...

As local consumer tastes for wheat-based products in food-deficit countries have been developed, prices have often been kept artificially low by governments and subsidies provided by producer-exporters. The United States government subsidized its...

Negotiating a Fait Accompli: the WTO incompatibility of the Lomé Convention Trade Provisions and the ACP-EU Negotiations. R Grynberg. Working Paper No. 38. European Centre for Development Policy Management Onze Lieve Vrouweplein 21 6211 HE Maastri

Rural electrification, integrated water management and small-scale hydropower are the main subjects for discussion at the Hydro Africa 2003 conference, to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, 17 19 November 2003, by the International Centre for Hydropower...

Draught animal power is making a greater contribution than ever before to global food production. Economically efficient andeasy to use, animal traction not only reduces fuel-oil costs but also provides the added benefit of manure. Farmers'...