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Question: Question: Farm Inputs
516 reads mobile Agriculture Is it necessary to apply booster fertilizer in irish potato flowering stage despite having applied basal and top dressing fertilizer? Agricultural Inputs t1x5 ...more
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News: News: Tackling invasive species to protect farmer incomes and livelihoods
Tuta absoluta, are devastating livelihoods. Tomatoes are one of the most widely cultivated crops in sub-Saharan Africa, grown in the backyards of almost every home. This important cash crop and source of nutrition is now being threatened by the recent arrival of the pest. Tuta absoluta is rapidly ...more
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Story: Story: Improving Access to Agricultural Inputs for Family Farmers in Mozambique
an average of 1.5 hectares/family, family farming in Mozambique is responsible for ensuring good part of the food and nutritional security of the country, and is responsible for employing about 86% of labour force at national level. In many cases, farmers are unable to buy inputs at the right time ...more
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News: News: INVITATION TO MALAWI FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES (MaFAAS) EXTENSION WEEK 19 TO 23 JUNE 2017 IN LILONGWE MALAWI
will lead to the efficiency and effectiveness towards agricultural transformation. 2.2 Sub-Themes? The sub-themes under the conference include; Climate smart agriculture Responsive extension approaches and practices ICT Gender and youth Nutrition Integrating livestock and fisheries ...more
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Question: Question: Irish Potato
506 reads SAULOSI KACHITSA mobile Agriculture Why does irish potato tubers rot when NPK and Urea fertilizer has been used? Agricultural Inputs cqqx ...more
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News: News: Nigeria to Employ 100,000 Youth Extension Workers
processing, marketing and trade, consumption and nutrition. The second pillar is crowding in private sector investment entailing greater access to finance, promoting agribusiness and investment development, while the third pillar is Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry with its parastatals and ...more
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News: News: Reflections on the 3rd AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week 2017 AFAAS Content
issues like climate change and nutrition. This is the kind of strategy that should be applied to meetings/conferences on agriculture because it gives participants an opportunity to appreciate real application of the information shared with them. According to Edgar Dale, participants learn more than 90% ...more