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Save your Own Seeds, Part One: Seed Selection
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Saving seeds from your own crops saves money. And it also helps to preserve the traditional crop varieties which grow in your region. Farmers always used to save seed from their crops to plant the next season. But many farmers now buy seeds from stores in…
Hints for the Small Farmer
How to Prepare Green Vegetables for the Dry Season By Sarah Massengo, Tanzania In many tropical climates, there is a wet season followed by a long, hot, dry season. In the wet season wild and cultivated vegetable crops grow well. People need the vitamins and minerals that come from these green vegetables to stay healthy….
The Rubber-Tire Groundnut Sheller
Groundnuts, or peanuts, are one of the major cash crops in some regions of Thailand and are an important source of protein for rural people. Thousands of Thai farmers work farms of less than one hectare of land, producing groundnuts by manual methods. This is a labour‑intensive process which, along with the low productivity of…
Choosing a Fishpond Site
A fishpond is an enclosed body of water used to raise fish. It can be made of concrete or earth and it has both an inlet and an outlet to allow water to flow through. Here are some things to consider when you select a site for a fishpond. Water supply is the most important…
Preserve Fruit by Making Jam
Isn’t it great to eat and sell fresh fruit right from the tree? But unless some of the fruit is processed and stored properly, half of it will rot on the ground or in the market. Processing fruit is a good way to store some of its nutrients. It is also a good way to…
Diffused Light Storage for Seed Potatoes
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Potatoes are a staple crop in 130 countries and rank fourth in production after wheat, maize, and rice. In Peru and other countries in the Andean highlands, potatoes are the main crop. Traditionally, farmers store their potatoes at home in a dark room to prevent them…
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Harvesting fruit the easy way By Livai Matarirano, Zimbabwe Harvesting fruit from tall trees can be a problem. Some people ask young children to climb the trees and harvest ripe fruit. If the children don’t have a basket they throw the fruit to the ground. The child may fall and injure a leg or hand…
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Banana trunks: a treasure for your garden in the dry season Zingui Messomo Xavier Communications Officer INADES Formation Cameroon Some farmers in Cameroon found a use for banana trunks after harvest. They put cut up banana trunks between the rows of vegetable crops such as tomatoes, lettuce, and cabbage. As they decompose, the banana trunks…
Starting a Community Seed Bank: Part 4 – Planting and Restocking the Seed
In Part 3, we explained how to keep important information about the seeds and how to store the seeds in the bank. In this final script, we talk about ways to restock the bank when seed supplies are low. Over time the seed bank will probably give some of its seed to farmers with poor…
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…