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Improvements in small livestock can result in many health and financial benefits
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by Mike Carter. Plants, like people and animals, need feeding. Plant nutrients (or foods) such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are needed for the growth and development of crops and trees. Farmers can add more of these nutrients to the soil by using manure, compost or artificial fertilisers.
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by Martin Rowland. Kagando Rural Development Centre is situated in the foothills of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Western Uganda. It started as a small hospital in 1965 and has continued to grow and develop since then.
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by Dr Pamela M Goode. And God said ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind upon the earth.’ And it was so. And God saw that it was good.'Genesis 1:11-12
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Compiled from material by Dr Imuetinyan Igbinnosa and John Wibberley. No farmer anywhere is without the problem of weeds. They will grow with every crop planted. They are reminders of a fallen world (Genesis 3:17-19). Every farmer struggles to overcome them so crops can grow well. Those who do not work to overcome them will receive a poor harvest (Proverbs 24:30-34).
Resource Type: Poster
By Dr William Hart and Isabel Carter. Read the manufacturers instructions carefully before buying.
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A helpful table giving details of how to treat accidental poisoning from insecticides, fungicides and herbicides.
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By Dr William Hart. Modern agricultural pesticides (chemicals used for killing insects, weeds or diseases) may bring great benefits through saving labour and increasing production. But they can also bring danger to people livestock and wildlife. This article is concerned with accidental poisoning of humans by these chemicals.
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Roger W Sharland. In Southern Sudan agrochemicals were both expensive and difficult to get. Most farmers were subsistence farmers but there was still a desire for the almost magic qualities seen to be possessed by chemicals or “dawa”, without a great understanding of what they did or the consequences of using them.
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Imagine you work as an agricultural extension agent and have to make decisions about pesticides. Pesticide companies may encourage you to use their products. Farmers will ask for advice. Government booklets may recommend a certain treatment.
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