| TITLE |
CONTENT |
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| A Nursery man and his trees |
Mini-trees, fruit, nut, roots. |
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| Agroforestry |
Agroforestry practices, improved land use, farmers extension. |
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| Bee products |
Pollination, marketing, quality and regulation, bee bread, honey, royal jelly, brood |
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| Beekeeping in the tropics |
Bee keeping practices, honey production, bee wax, beehives, feeding, diseases |
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| Cultivation of Soya and other legumes |
Cultivation, nutrition, processing. |
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| Cultivation of tomato |
Production, processing and marketing |
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| Dairy Catlle husbandry |
Cattle farming systems, breeding, calf rearing, nutrition, health, administration. |
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| Donkeys for traction and tillage |
Donkeys, use, training, equipment |
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| Erosion control in the tropics |
Erosion process, technical & agronomic control methods, cropping systems |
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| Establishing and managing waterpoints for livestock |
Livestock water supply, finance, creation, management |
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| Fruit growing in the tropics |
Cropping systems, form and function, propagation, growth rhythm, crop protection, harvesting |
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| Goat keeping in the tropics |
Breeding, nutrition, housing, healthcare, milk and other products |
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| Granaries |
Storage, food security, income generation |
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| Identification of crop damage |
Livestock water supply, finance, creation, management |
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| Marketing for small scale producers |
Trade, pricing, food security, production management, financing, cooperatives. |
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| Non chemical crop protection |
Pests, insects, diseases, weeds, striga, Farmer Fiels schools |
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| Pesticides compounds use and hazards |
Sage use, poisoning, storage, transport, trade names, active ingredients |
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| Pig keeping in the tropics |
Housing, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, healthcare |
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| Preparation and use of compost |
Composting methods, materials, liquid manure, bokashi. |
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| Preparation of dairy products |
Significance, hygiene, processing techniques, starter cultures, recipes, cheese |
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| Preservation of fish and meat |
Preservation techniques, storage life. |
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| Preservation of fruit and vegetables |
Preservation techniques, storage life |
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| Propogating and planting trees |
Multiplication techniques, on-farm nursery, natural regeneration. |
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| Protected cultivation |
Construction, requirements and use of greenhouses in various climates |
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| Protected stored grains and pulses |
Storage pests, preventive methods, non-chemical control, use of pesticides |
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| Rainwater harvesting for domestic use |
Basic principles, pre-conditions, designing a system, materials, costs, water quality aspects, maintenance |
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| Small scale chicken production |
Breeds, housing, nutrition, health care, hatching and raising, improving local chickens, products, records |
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| Small scale seed production |
Variety improvement of cereals and pulses |
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| Soil fertility management |
Problems, plant nutrients, fertilizers, green manuring, crop husbandry methods. |
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| Starting a cooperative |
Establishing a cooperative; advantages, types, organization, statutes, finance, pitfals. |
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| Storage of Tropical Agriculture products |
Storage methods, dry seeds, oily seeds, root crops |
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| The vegetable garden in the tropics |
Vegetables, small-scale crops, cultivation, garden tools. |
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| Water harvesting and soil moisure retention |
Water harvesting techniques, land rehabilitation, run-off, contour systems. |
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