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How to use spawning and nursery ponds to raise your own fish
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Few farmers use aquaculture in Latin America, though it could have great potential there. One of the reasons is that the soils are often too porous – they do not hold water well. It is possible to make artificial linings – using polyethylene or rubber sheets or cement. However, these methods are expensive.
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Good farmers look after their crops. Before planting they make sure the soil is well prepared. They select good seed or seedlings. They water the young plants regularly and remove weeds. They use manure or fertiliser to increase growth and watch out for pests or diseases. Hard work produces a good crop, but laziness or neglect will result in a poor harvest!
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Different approaches to training and facilitation
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Flipcharts. Flipcharts are series of posters used to teach small groups about a particular subject. Each main idea is shown on a poster. Their use makes teaching much easier, as each poster reminds the trainer of all the important points. Posters should be made on good quality paper so that they will last a long time. Sheets of coloured plastic (such as the yellow plastic often used to dry coffee) can be cut up. This will allow trainees to copy posters to make up their own flipcharts.
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How to make and use them. When a health worker or animator tells people that they are ignorant or wrong in their way of life, their natural reaction is to disagree. They become defensive about their way of life. A barrier to learning is created. But what if the same problems are raised in a story, drama or puppet play? Hearing a story about a similar person or community with the same problems as the audience, helps the listeners to identify with the characters – and with the solutions they ...
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Large projects usually have duplicating machines or photocopiers when written material such as letters, booklets or notes needs to be copied. But small projects often lack funds for a duplicator. They are unable to copy written materials to help
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A variety of practical, low-cost ideas sent in or requested by readers
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How to become more aware of environmental issues and develop sustainable ways of living
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by Ian Davis. Natural events such as earthquakes and floods are part of God’s creative work. For example, earthquakes are natural events that help to form the landscape. Hurricanes move water from warm seas to fall as rain over land. Floods provide irrigation and fertilise the land by leaving silt. Natural events should not be seen as always negative – they are part of God’s creation.
