Agriculture
7 Documents
- A Farm Boy Reflects
Very often, one goose would bravely step away from the panicked flock and walk tremulously toward me. It would be the mate of the one I had caught, male or female, and it would step right up to me, protesting pitifully. It would be frightened out of its wits, but still determined to stand with and comfort its lover.
2009-01-16
- BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Crop diversity: Eat it or lose it
2009-01-07
- RFI - Niger : retour à la terre - Reportage Afrique
«Avec la récupération de terres pour le travail agricole, des plateaux dénudés autour de Niamey ont changé de visage en peu de temps. »Au Niger, une grande campagne de remise en culture de terres dégradées par l'érosion contribue à freiner l'exode rural dans la région de Niamey.
2007-07-26
- RFI - L'oignon : une filière prometteuse pour les paysans nigériens
Avec une production annuelle de plus de 300 000 tonnes, le Niger est l'un des pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest qui exporte le plus d'oignons vers le Burkina, le Togo, le Ghana, et la Côte d'Ivoire. Si elle est bien structurée, la filière est prometteuse pour les paysans nigériens. Là-bas, l'oignon est d'ailleurs communément appelé «l'or violet».
2007-07-26
- BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient fig clue to first farming
Ancient figs found in an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley may represent one of the earliest forms of agriculture, scientists report. The carbonised fruits date between 11,200 and 11,400 years old.
After examining the figs, they determined that it was a self-pollinating, or parthenocarpic, variety, like the kind we eat today. In nature, parthenocarpic fig trees appear now and again by a chance genetic mutation. But because they do not produce seeds they cannot reproduce alone - they require a shoot to be removed and replanted.
2006-06-06
- World Bank - PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT ON A PROPOSED CREDIT TO THE REP OF NIGER FOR THE PRIVATE IRRIGATION PROMOTION PROJECT (February 21, 2002)
PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT ON A PROPOSED CREDIT TO THE REP OF NIGER FOR THE PRIVATE IRRIGATION PROMOTION PROJECT (February 21, 2002)
2006-04-02
- New Strain of Wheat Rust Appears in Africa - New York Times
Biologists warned Thursday that a virulent new strain of a previously controlled plant disease had emerged in East Africa and could wipe out 10 percent of the world's wheat production if its spread is not halted.
2005-09-12
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