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Manual box baling
Husbandry strategy for improving the sustainable utilization of forages to increase profitable milk production from cows and goats on smallho...
Organic tick control
A low cost organic acaricide to treat livestock suffering from tick-borne diseases where the availability of veterinary drugs is poor
Zero-grazing with cut & carry feeding system
Livestock husbandry technique where animals are kept in a cowshed all year round under a cut & carry system
Diatomaceous Earths
Siliceous sedimentary mineral compound ground to obtain a whitish powder known as DE. Used to prevent insects infestations during seed storage.
Push-pull
In field Stimulo-deterrent diversionary strategy which is employed to repel pests from cereals using repellent and attractive plants
Manual box baling
Husbandry strategy for improving the sustainable utilization of forages to increase profitable milk production from cows and goats on smallho...
Organic tick control
A low cost organic acaricide to treat livestock suffering from tick-borne diseases where the availability of veterinary drugs is poor
Zero-grazing with cut & carry feeding system
Livestock husbandry technique where animals are kept in a cowshed all year round under a cut & carry system
Diatomaceous Earths
Siliceous sedimentary mineral compound ground to obtain a whitish powder known as DE. Used to prevent insects infestations during seed storage.
Weaver ants
Natural bio control agents against fruit pests that threaten the orchards such as fruit flies that can determine up to 80% of the fruit crop loss
Positive Seed Selection
On farm seed saving technology based on the selection of the healthiest plants
Rural seed fairs
A forum for farmers in various villages to buy and exchange seeds. Farmers, researchers, extension agents are brought together to share and exchang...
Small seed packs
A low-cost drought tolerant seed supply
Sustainable Seed - Multiplication Programme
Seed multiplication programme of Quality Declared Seed (QDS) involving groups of farmers in rural areas
Pitcher irrigation
A low-cost irrigation practice for vegetables adapted to drought prone environments in light textured soils with low water holding capacity
Sand dams
Community based cost-effective form of rainwater harvesting adapted to arid and semi-arid regions outside the reach of perennial rivers where there...
Mbili intercropping
A two-by two staggered intercropping arrangement maize-legume to increase crop yields by disrupting pest cycle and improving the opportunities for...
Dairy goats 'model of good practice'
Dairy goats breeding technique aimed at improving local breeds through cross-breeding with a pure improved breed
Bucket kit drip irrigation 'Chapin kit'
Small scale drip irrigation system that operates at low heads (0,05-0,2 bar)
Vegetative gully healing
Technique of rehabilitation of bad gullied lands subject to heavily water erosion