Resultados de búsqueda - "Sincé"
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Broom sorghum
Publicado 1986“…It is used for making brooms and has become a major local industry since the crop was introduced in the early 1950s. …”
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Coffee coal
Publicado 1987“…Coffee shells make an excellent fuel and such 'kahawa' or coffee coal has been selling very well since it was put on the market `several months: ago in Kenya. …”
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ADRAO: Focusing on rice
Publicado 1988“…It has been part of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) since 1986....…”
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The language of the land
Publicado 1988“…Pierre RabHi An author and educator, Pierre Rabhi was born in the Sahara and has been farming in the Ardeche region of France since 1960. The desert survival skills of Pierre Rabhi led him to apply organic farming methods based on compost to...…”
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Wood or charcoal?
Publicado 1988“…He was Chief of the Soils Conservation Division, Forestry Directorate and then Director of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife in Mali. Since 1978 he has been the FAO Senior...…”
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CGIAR initiatives on sustainable agricultural development
Publicado 1990“…In its first major programme since the mid-70s, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is planning three new initiatives for increasing and sustaining agricultural development and food production in developing...…”
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Moisture availability, cropping period and the prospects of early warning of famine in Ethiopia
Publicado 1985“…Estimates moisture availability in Ethiopia since 1953, using a model developed by the FAO; correlates results of the analysis using existing meteorological data with the recorded incidence of drought and famine.…”
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Improved forage crop seeds
Publicado 1990“…The International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) established a genebank for forage species in 1982, and has since collected a large variety of germplasm of grasses, legumes and browse from many different environments. …”
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Sustaining livestock development
Publicado 1991“…Dr Funso Sonaiya is a professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. An FAO consultant since 1983, he is also the Coordinator for the African Network on Rural Poultry Development (ANRDP), as well as editing its Newsletter and also the...…”
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Understanding organic farming
Publicado 1992“…He has been the Director since its formation....…”
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KISS and tell
Publicado 2001“…Sometimes though, even information specialists cannot speak clearly, and they end up transmitting convoluted and confused messages. This is lazy, since it often takes a lot...…”
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Where are my sources?
Publicado 2000“…Please assure me that you are not dropping these two sections, since they mean...…”
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Insect wars
Publicado 2000“…The hibiscus cochineal insect (Maconellicoccus hirsutus), a native of Asia, has been invading the Caribbean, the southern part of the United States and the north of Latin America (including Guyana) since 1994. It has wrought massive damage to plants...…”
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Karité gets organised in Burkina
Publicado 2000“…Among the steps underway are the provision of manual presses to groups of women producers (since the return on karité butter...…”
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Spore by satellite
Publicado 2002“…The magazine has been available on the Internet since...…”
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The challenges for the Cotonou Agreement
Publicado 2002“…The challenges for the Cotonou AgreementWhen the Cotonou Agreement was signed in Benin in 2000, it brought a profound change to the scheme of preferential trade rules which the EU had applied to ACP countries since 1975 under the four successive...…”
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CHROMOLAENA ODORATA BLESSING OR CURSE?
Publicado 1997“…In Cameroon, women complain bitterly that since Chromolaena odorata appeared in their fields they have to spend twice as long weeding as before. …”
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Agricultural extension - where next?
Publicado 1994“…Extension services established since independence have generally failed to live up to expectations. …”
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Waste not, want not!
Publicado 1994“…Floyd Neckles, a Grenadian, is a livestock feed and farm management specialist and has been a consultant with regional and international agencies in the Caribbean. Since 1981 he has been Project Director of the Sugarcane Feeds Centre in Trinidad....…”
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Editorial: Redefining financial services
Publicado 2003“…Since the mid-1970s microfinance has become serious business. …”
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