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Co-Operation Brings New Life to a Village: Case Study #1

August 1, 1992

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…

Bags protect fruits before harvest

January 13, 1991

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Protect fruit from pests while the fruit is still on the tree or vine by covering it with a bag. Some examples are given of farmers using this technique in the Philippines, the Republic of China, and the People’s Republic of China, for protecting guavas, peaches,…

Make no-cost banana and plantain rope

December 3, 1989

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Leaf sheaths from the stems of banana or plantain plants can be separated and split to produce strong, no-cost cord which has many uses on the farm. Information on this subject area was requested from participants in Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, and Philippines. The…

Making copra, part 2 – Drying coconuts in your ViSCA dryer

July 19, 1987

Suggested introduction We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network, we bring you information on ways…

Making copra, part 1 – A simple low-cost homemade ViSCA copra dryer

July 18, 1987

Suggested introduction We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network, we bring you information on ways…

Hay: Part 2, “Making a Haystack”

January 1, 1985

Presenter: George Atkins We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey-Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network we bring you information on ways…

Hay: Part 1, “Harvesting & Drying Hay”

January 1, 1985

Presenter: George Atkins We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey-Ferguson and the University of Guelph. Through this Network we bring you information on ways…