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Women Co-Operate to Help Villagers: Case Study #2
Mama Nsalaba and Mama Disisa live with their families in the village of Kiombia. Their huts are nestled under the shade trees on seven hills in southwestern Zaire. In the past few years, these two women have become the leaders of an 11-member women’s co-operative in their village. It was not easy for them to…
Co-Operation Brings New Life to a Village: Case Study #1
Don Doo is a small village of 55 households in northeastern Thailand. It suffered drought for three years. During that time, more than half the households had no rice harvest. The head of the family–sometimes the entire family–had to move from the village to find jobs just to survive. Old people and children were left…
A Simple Fly Trap
Nearly every farmer in the world has trouble with stable flies (Stomoxys spp.) – those pesky blood-sucking flies that carry disease to cows and other livestock. Here’s an easy way to get rid of them. It comes from farmers on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. To start off, they keep their cows…
Good Soil Management Increases Harvests
Content: Take care of your soil. Use crop rotation, mulching and proper soil water management. A few simple steps can help increase crop yields. Let us think for a few minutes about how farmers should manage their soil to get better crop yields. Modern farmers Modern farmers know how to look after the soil. They…
Profit from Raising Rabbits in the City
Content: Keep rabbits in the city and profit from their meat, skin, fur, and dung. You can sell rabbits in the market to earn money, and eat rabbit meat to improve your family’s diet. Rabbits do not take up much space, they have lots of babies, and they are cheap and easy to feed. So…
A Visit to Walk Softly Farm
Today we are going to visit an unusually efficient farm. Harvey and Nancy Harman grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers at Walk Softly Farm. On less than one hectare they produce enough vegetables for themselves and to sell to 25 other families. They grow at least four times as many vegetables as most other farmers grow…
Green Manure and Rice: How to Grow a Green Manure Crop
A green manure crop is a crop grown especially to provide nitrogen for the rice crop, and to add organic matter to the soil. It is planted before or after rice when the land is vacant. Then it is ploughed into the soil as fertilizer for the rice. It is important to choose the right…
Green Manure and Rice: Choose the Right Green Manure Crop
A green manure crop is a crop grown especially to provide nitrogen for the rice crop and to add organic matter to the soil. It is planted before or after rice when the land is vacant. Then it is ploughed into the soil as fertilizer for the rice. So growing a green manure crop is…
Green Manure and Rice: Get Higher Rice Yields with Green Manure Crops
Every farmer must think about how to get good yields, not only this season but year after year. As rice grows, it takes nutrients out of the soil. The crop uses about 20 kg nitrogen, 5 kg phosphorus, and 44 kg potassium to produce one ton of rice grain! When no fertilizer is added and…
A Woman Farmer Practises Zero Grazing
Which is better? One healthy cow or five skinny, sick cows? Which will make more money for the owner? One healthy cow or five scrawny, sick cows? Many small-scale farmers think that it is better to put more work into keeping one animal well-fed and healthy than to keep a number of animals that fend…