How to store and manage fertilizer Fertilizer management is not as simple as it looks. Proper storage and housekeeping practices are vital to the quality of the fertilizer. People must know that fertilizer can be dangerous if you do not use proper safety clothes during operation. Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is vital when handling fertilizer. […]
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Sweet Potatoes: A ‘Magic Crop’ for Better Nutrition? By Ruth Fertig, Multimedia Content Producer, HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL “They call it a magic crop.” That was the first thing Lansana Sesay said to me when I met him at the Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) in the city of Makeni. Sesay, who is SLARI’s Research […]
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Winter Vegetables are Essential In these times with the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to make an informed choice when deciding which crops to grow. Producers should make sure that they know all that is required to grow a specific crop and what the market demand is for various crops. Work together with your fellow […]
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Why “home garden” projects don’t always work. Insights from Ethiopia By Kalle Hirvonen & Derek Headey In Ethiopia, the average person eats just 42kg of fruit and vegetables per year. This is far below the WHO recommendation of 146kg per year. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins and minerals, vital for our body. Deficiencies can seriously […]
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Recycling Aluminium The aluminium cans arrive by waste compactor trucks at the aluminium recycling factory. The first step in recycling aluminium cans is compressing them into bails, each weighing up to 1,000 kilograms and containing as many as 65,000 aluminium cans. Every year we save enough energy recycling aluminium cans, cars, tools, even planes, to run the whole of India. […]
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American Billionaire to Build Africa’s Largest Agriculture Research Centre in Rwanda By Collins Mwai American billionaire Howard Buffet has pledged to establish Africa’s largest centre for agriculture research and extension in the country. Buffet was speaking at the inauguration of a $39M irrigation scheme in Nasho Sector of Kirehe District which also consists […]
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Global Expert Challenges Malawi to Attract Youth Involvement in Agricultural Sector South Africa-based world farming expert, Dr Theo de Jager, has challenged the Malawi Government to incentivise the agriculture sector in order to attract youth involvement in food production and value chain initiatives. De Jager, who is also the incumbent president of the World […]
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A hand pump to bring water to Africa The Jooste hand pump is a revolutionary breakthrough, designed to be easier to use than any other hand pump on the market. It has a relatively short stroke, for rapid operation. With its adjustable leverage, it is designed to lift water as high as 10m above the […]
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Dangote Fertiliser commences pre-testing of $2bn plant ahead of inauguration Dangote Fertiliser Limited has begun a countdown to the inauguration of its $2 billion Granulated Urea Fertiliser complex located in the Dangote Free Zone. With a capacity of 3 million tonnes per annum, the plant has been classified as the biggest project in the […]
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Integrating agriculture in Tanzania’s industrialisation BY STAFF REPORTER Tanzania SINCE stepping into power, President John Magufuli has fixed industrialisation as a top government priority, hoping that by 2020 manufacturing will account for 40 per cent of all jobs. Industries producing goods for mass consumption — such as clothes, textiles and food — are incentivised, while […]
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