Drip Irrigation
Tropical Onion Seed Germination
Mealybug Control
Raising Pigs On Moringa Leaves
Colored Plastic Mulches
Stringa Controlled in Pearl Millet by Intercropping With Cowpea
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Mealybug Control
Information about controlling cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) without commercial insecticides.
Striga Controlled in Pearl Millet by Intercropping With Cowpea
The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica is a major problem in African millet fields. International Agricultural Development (Jan/Feb 1994) reports that dense intercropping of cowpea in millet stands can reduce Striga emergence.
Colored Plastic Mulches
Colored Plastic Mulches have been found to improve yields and fruit quality in some vegetable crops.
Raising Pigs On Moringa Leaves
Raising pigs on moringa leaves is a system developed by missionary Paul Ronk in Jeremie, Haiti.
Drip Irrigation
Chapin Watermatics produces “bucket kits” of gravity-run drip irrigation used in vegetable garden projects in developing countries. These kits enable people to produce vegetables with the same efficient use of water that commercial drip systems provide.
Tropical Onion Seed Germination
Information about onion seed germination in the tropics.