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Displaying 4356 - 4360 of 5074LESOTHO: A Note on the Machobane System
This note on the Machobane system is based on information gathered by an FAO Investment Centre mission which visited Lesotho in July 1996 on behalf of the Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, to prepare the ground for the formulation of a Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Programme for possible IFAD financing. Observations of farmers attitudes and behaviour as well as relevant socio-economic data were collected in February 1996 in several villages of two Districts in Lesotho and are presented. See also the related FAO Investment Centre Occasional Paper N.
Forest Genetic Resources No. 24
The Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources, organized in Leipzig, Germany 17-23 June 1996 (see this number of the Forest Genetic Resources bulletin [FGR]), adopted a Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.This plan excluded consideration of forest genetic resources, "..
Food, nutrition and agriculture
Pastures - the overstocking issue
Secado de granos y secadoras
El presente folleto forma parte de la serie "Tecnologia Postcosecha", publicación de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, que trata diversos temas relacionados con las tecnologías y los procedimientos utilizados en la cosecha, beneficio y almacenamiento de los granos utilizados en la alimentación humana, así como de las plagas que los atacan, los métodos para su control y los factores de calidad que intervienen en su manejo y comercialización.