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Enriching the soul of the soil
March 22nd, 2015

Who will take care of mother earth if the youth don’t take up farming? Rita Ikponmwosa believes that the opinions and experiences of youth will help to break the poverty in our soils and our soils. Soil marks the beginning and end of all life forms. As the foundation for agriculture, soil provides us with … Read more

Re-assessing the fodder problem
March 26th, 2010

Small-scale farmers depend largely on their animals and need to feed them well. Technology based innovations have been the mainstream solution to improve the fodder problem. But making farmers find relevant information and networks appears to be as much effective for innovation. Fodder makes up 70 percent of livestock inputs and is crucial to the … Read more