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Choosing a School Garden Site
Planting a school garden is an excellent way for children to learn many important lessons. As the children are planning the garden, they will learn about the connections between agriculture, the food chain and the environment. While working with soil and plants, students will learn about the biology of plants and microorganisms. To know where…
The Many Uses of Bitter Leaf
In tropical countries, bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) is a widely used vegetable, especially in the southern part of Nigeria. This small evergreen plant grows well in both the dry and rainy seasons, and has many uses. Rural and urban women earn extra income by selling the leaves in the market. They must wash the leaves…
A Simple Tool to Harvest Fruit
Have you ever tried picking fruit that is very high on the tree? Chances are, if you use a rod to beat the fruit down, it will fall to the ground very damaged. To reduce the chance of fruit falling to the ground and being damaged, you can try using the split end of a…
From Loss to Profit: An Organic Farming Success – Part Two
Narayan Reddy’s farm is just outside the city of Bangalore, in southern India. With imagination and hard work, he combines modern technology and age-old farming methods. He and his family grow or make nearly everything they need on their 5-hectare farm. They are always trying ways to lower costs and work more efficiently. And every…
From Loss to Profit: An Organic Farming Success – Part One
Thursday is visitors’ day at Narayan Reddy’s farm. This 5-hectare farm is a half-hour drive from the city of Bangalore, in southern India. What makes this farm so special? Why do people – some from very far away – want to visit it? Reddy grows the same kinds of crops that his neighbours do: coconuts,…
Apply Water Evenly With a Watering Wand
Are all the plants in your nursery – plants such as coffee, tea, tobacco, spices, or tree seedlings – growing at the same rate? Getting the same amount of water to each seedling can help them grow more evenly. And having seedlings of equal size and vigour will get your crop off to a good…
Beekeeping – Part two: A Home for Your Bees
Thousands of farmers around the world earn extra money by keeping bees. Beekeeping can be profitable for you too. You can sell the honey and wax that bees make to earn extra money. And bees pollinate crops. This means that if you keep bees on or close to your farm you will probably increase crop…
Beekeeping – Part one: Have You Heard the Latest Buzz?
A few beehives could be an important addition to your life. You can sell the delicious honey and the wax that bees make to earn extra money. Honey and wax are worth good money on the market these days. And this is only a small part of the benefit that honey bees can bring to…
Women Conserve Water in Drylands
In a dry valley in South Africa, 40 women have reclaimed an unused valley and turned it into a green, fertile place. Like a scar on the body, a yawning gulley above their project site is a stark reminder that erosion once ravaged this piece of land. What is their secret? How were these women…
Uninvited Guests for Dinner: Managing the Cabbage Worm
Would you share your dinner with someone who has 20 legs? Would you share your dinner with someone who steals from you? Probably not, but this may be happening to you right now. In your garden the hungry cabbage worm (Artogeia rape or Pieris rapae) is busy eating part of your dinner. The cabbage worm…