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Starting a Community Seed Bank: Part 3 – Keeping Records, Storing Seeds
A community seed bank protects rare and local varieties of plants. In Part 2, we explained how to organize a community seed bank, and how to collect, clean and dry the seeds. In this script, we explain how to keep important information about the seeds and how to store the seeds in the bank. Encourage…
Starting a Community Seed Bank: Part 2 – Organizing Workers, Collecting Seed
In Part 1 we explained how a community seed bank can protect rare and local varieties of crops. This script explains how to set up the seed bank. Some farmers put their savings in a bank. When they need extra money, they can take out their savings. This is the way most banks work. A…
Starting a Community Seed Bank: Part 1 – A Good Idea?
A seed bank protects rare and useful local crops. It is also an emergency source of seed if crops fail due to disease, pests, or bad weather. This series of scripts explains why a seed bank is useful and how to set one up. Everyone knows that a bank is where people save their money….
Rabbits are a Good Source of Low Fat Protein – Part 2: Breeding rabbits and taking care of them
If you have to buy meat, or if you’d like to earn some extra money, think about raising rabbits. Rabbits are popular because they have lots of babies that grow quickly into big rabbits that you can eat. One healthy doe, can produce five litters of six rabbits each year. That is about 30 kilograms…
Rabbits are a Good Source of Low Fat Protein – Part 1: Building a Rabbit Hutch
If you have to buy meat, or if you’d like to earn some extra money, think about raising rabbits. Rabbits are popular because they have lots of babies that grow quickly into big rabbits that you can eat. One healthy doe, can produce five litters each year. That is about 30 kilograms of meat a…
Participant Notes on Natural Pest Control, Onion Seed
Network participants find the following techniques work well. Although these articles have been edited, they have not been verified by DCFRN. Natural pest control Virgilio Quitorio Radio Broadcaster, Agriculture Communications Foundation of the Diocese of Borongan Radio DYVW-AM Borongan, Philippines There are natural ways of controlling yard and garden insects without resorting to dangerous chemicals…
The Comeback of Quinoa
Quinoa (pronounced KEEN WA) is an ancient food crop of the Inca civilization that lived in the Andes mountains of South America three hundred years ago. In the Andes today, many farmers still grow quinoa because it is nutritious and tolerates harsh growing conditions. Quinoa is again becoming important in the Andes and in other…
Combine Controls to Manage Striga
Striga Striga, or witchweed, is one of the most important parasitic weeds in agricultural crops. It occurs in many parts of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, India, Indonesia and the United States. Local names are buda (Arabic), isona or rooibloem (Southern Africa), ndokoum (West Africa), bilikasa, talap, and urimallige (India). The economically most important species are,…
Retain Nutrients in Stored Manure
Nitrogen is an important plant food that is found in both manure and urine. But if the manure lies around in small piles on the ground in the sun, wind, and rain, much of the nitrogen in it will be washed away or lost into the air. Other plant foods will also be wasted. It’s…
Control Grasshoppers and Locusts on Your Farm
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Those of you who are troubled by locusts and grasshoppers on your farms should know that there are many methods of locust and grasshopper control that are cheaper and safer than chemical pesticides. Experiment with a combination of techniques to find out which work best on…