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Micro Irrigation

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

Conventional irrigation systems, such as channel irrigation and wild flooding tend to waste water as large quantities are supplied to the field in one go, most of which just flows over the crop and runs away without being taken up by the plants.Micro irrigation is an approach to irrigation that keeps the water demand to [...]

Fish Preservation and Processing

Friday, June 29th, 2012

The purpose of processing and preserving fish is to get fish to an ultimate consumer in good, usable condition. The steps necessary to accomplish this begin before the fishing expedition starts, and do not end until the fish is eaten or processed into oil, meal, or a feed. Fish begins to spoil as soon as [...]

Cultivating Vegetables —Create a Peace Garden

Friday, June 29th, 2012

A peace garden is an area anywhere near your home, where you can grow fruit and vegetables. Vegetable beds the size of a door each are ideal. You should plant at least four beds of vegetables and as many more as you need and can handle, in rotation. To start, decide on the types of [...]

Upland Rice Cultivation with Agroforestry

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Wherever possible, introduce hedgerow strips of tree legumes every 6-7 m of about 1 m deep to provide green-leaf fertilizer for upland rice. Suggested tree legumes are Kakawati, Cassia spectabilis or ipil-ipil. Select a rice variety with a growth season well within the rainfall duration. The variety should mature by the time rainfall recedes. Sow [...]

Fiber Crops and Technologies

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Salago (Wikstroemia species) is a slowgrowing native shrub in Eastern Asia. At present, it is classified as a forest crop based on its ability to become a very sturdy plant which can withstand long drought, rainy season Asia. At present, it is classified as a forest crop based on its ability to become a very [...]

Root Crops for Food, Feed and Income

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

  WHY ROOT CROPS?        Can grow over a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. The leaves can also be used as foods/feeds (except for arrowroot). Easy to grow, good staple and easy to prepare as food. Planting material does not compete as food source (except for ubi/tugui). Long-harvest duration. Produce can stay in [...]

Microlivestock: Turkey

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

                    The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is well-known in North America and Europe, but in the rest of the world, especially in developing countries, its potential has been largely overlooked. Partly, this is because chickens are so familiar and grow so well that there seems no reason to consider any other poultry. Partly, it is because [...]

Cultivating Subtropical Crops: Coffee

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

                 Temperature The optimum temperature range for coffee in South Africa is 26 °C (mean maximum), 32 °C (absolute maximum) and 12 °C (mean minimum) 4 °C (absolute minimum). Although this crop can tolerate temperatures well outside this range, excessive temperature variation usually affects the crop and the coffee bush detrimentally. Coffee cannot tolerate frost [...]

Cultivating Sub-tropical Crops: Pepper

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

                  Pepper is a tropical plant that grows in hot humid areas with a high rainfall. Locally it can only be grown in the Lowveld and along the northern coastal areas of KwaZulu-Natal. Botanical characteristics The pepper plant is an evergreen perennial. It attaches itself to trees or trellises by means of aerial roots and [...]

Reason of Goats and Sheeps Disease

Monday, June 25th, 2012

Disease can have various causes. Some of these causes are germs such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. The following is a list of situations that could result in sheep/goats becoming sick. Dirty surroundings Keeping sheep/goats in a dirty kraal could result in them eating or drinking food or water contaminated with droppings. These droppings may [...]

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