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Improvement of livestock production: community based goat production
Crossbred milking goats have proved to be a popular source of cash income, household daily milk requirements, and manure for smallholder farmers in medium to high potential zones of Kenya. The three-quarter Toggenburg crossbred appears to be the most suitable in terms of both milk production and growth rates. This...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: improved storage facilities
The following provides features of improved stores facilities for grains. It also details the advantages and disadvantages of this practice? which include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, skills, equipment, cost, and risk.
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Rapport
Women’s empowerment through collective action: How forest and farm producer organisations can make a difference
Half of the 1.5 billion people globally who rely on forest landscapes for subsistence and cash income are women. Many see the benefits of participating in various forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs). These include both general community, smallholder farmer and indigenous people’s organisations and more specific women-only groups –...
Ghana - Kenya - Philippines
2020 - International Insitute for Environment and Development
Article de blog
The ALIVE Programme contributes to a sustainable environment that enables women and men living in poverty to improve their lives.
Small-holder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing the negative impacts of climate change. The vulnerable exposure to frequent extreme weather conditions, increased risk of pests, water deficiency among others has a direct negative effect on food production. The women face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate...
Kenya
2020 - Vi Agroforestry
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: seeds and crops
The following technology provides features about the use of improved seeds and less labour-intensive crops. It also details the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The advantages include labour-saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, inputs, skills, cost and infrastructure. Disadvantages include inputs, costs, infrastructure and risk.
Description
Plant seeds are saved from...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: row planting, hand seeders and planters
The following technology provides an overview and details features of hand seeders and planters including jab planters to plant in rows. The advantages (labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills and cost) and disadvantages (labour and cost) are also highlighted.
Description
Details of planting in rows for closely and widely spaced crops...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Development an on-farm evaluation of agroforestry livestock feeding systems
In the coffee-based land use systems of the East African highlands, farming systems are extremely complex and intensive. Indigenous trees are commonly preserved on or near farms for a variety of purposes. For fodder, the farm usually plants Napier or similar grasses for feeding for dairy cattle and small ruminants,...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Rapport
Agroecology and Markets – Stories from the field
How wide are the agroecology ripples?
We cannot talk about food sovereignty without mentioning the role of mass markets on which the majority of people depend on their income and food. These markets have demonstrated their relevance during the COVID-19 era by strengthening rural-urban linkages. Mass markets have been the main avenue through which rural people...
Cameroon - Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Lesotho - Mozambique - Nigeria - Senegal - Sudan - Uganda - Zambia
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
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Improving sustainable livelihoods in dryland areas
Participatory research methodology development in parallel with technology development that responded to the needs of the farming community was done in Embu, a semi-arid area of Kenya. The work involved problem diagnosis, research design, trial implementation and evaluation, as well as demonstration and dissemination of options and recommendations for producing...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Sustainable approaches for management of root-knot nematodes on vegetables
Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are a concern to both smallholders and commercial producers involved in intensive vegetable production. Although not all smallholders will recognize nematodes as a production constraint. The following describes the development, through public-private sector partnership with a commercial horticulture producer, techniques for the production of bio control agents...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Seed propagation of Allanblackia spp.
This technology describes the various processes of propagating the seeds of Allanblackia. Allanblackia seeds do not germinate easily. The use of growth promoters to break dormancy has been explored, but does not promote seed germination. The storage of fruit for six weeks before seed extraction and/or removal of the whole testa do however...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Grafting techniques of Allanblackia spp.
This technology describes the various stages of propagating Allanblackia species by grafting. Grafting is a technique widely used in horticulture and forestry for the mass production of selected plants. It is one of the most successful methods for propagating Allanblackia. The technique involves the formation of a union between scions taken from desirable...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Farmer’s dairy goats’ production handbook
Dairy goat rearing is very beneficial for farming families, apart from the milk which is very nutritious, goat meat is also a delicacy for many households. Goats can also be used to provide manure for the farm and also earn the farmer more income. With limited capital, a farmer can...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Improved fallows
Natural fallow is land resting from cultivation, usually used for grazing or left to natural vegetation for a long period to restore soil fertility lost from growing crops. Improved fallow is also land resting from cultivation but the vegetation comprises planted and managed species of leguminous trees, shrubs and herbaceous...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Lutter contre les parasites du mouton
Les moutons qui broutent dans les pâturages peuvent être infestés par plusieurs types de parasites. Le niveau d’infestation parasitaire doit faire l’objet d’un contrôle. Dans le cas contraire, l’infestation peut entraîner des saignements, l’amaigrissement et même la mort de l’animal. En cas d’hydatidose (maladie due à l’infestation par un ténia),...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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L’élevage des chèvres laitières
La technique d’élevage de chèvres laitières se montre en tant qu’option alternative, abordable et avantageuse. Cet élevage est bénéfique car ces chèvres sont des races améliorées pour la production de lait, se reproduisent rapidement, leur viande peut servir de source de revenues supplémentaire et elles exigent moins de surface de...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Conservation des légumes feuilles et des fruits
Les feuilles et les fruits de manioc, de patate douce, de papaye et de citrouille sont largement consommées en Afrique, étant données qu’ils sont riches en nutritifs et sont bon marché. Les avantages de les conserver contiennent une tenue longue durée, une préservation de qualité, une amélioration de stockage et...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Traditional foods: better livelihoods, dietary diversity and health
Local foods (such as leafy vegetables, berries, small animals, or any other traditional food source from local biodiversity) have long been an important part of people's diets - nutritious, affordable and adapted to local growing conditions and cultural traditions. They are cheap, readily affordable and rich in different micro-nutrients and...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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La fabrication de cossettes et de farine de patate douce
La patate douce est très renommée en Afrique orientale car c’est une culture très résistante et robuste qui est riche en nutritifs et peut être consommée de différentes manières. Néanmoins elle est vendue à des prix sacrifiés et subis des pertes post-récolte. Il existe une technologie permettant à sécher la...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Development and promotion of quality kale seed
The use of quality seeds along with other inputs and appropriate cultural management practices is recognized as the most cost-effective way of increasing crop production and productivity. In considering interventions that are likely to reverse the trend of recurring food shortages, seed security has been recognized as having the potential...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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