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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    Africa, Eastern Africa

    Reviews the appropriateness of three major assumptions underlying pastoral development in East Africa, viz, economic irrationality of pastoralists, the unchanged nature of pastoral production systems, and the applicability of western models to pastoral development.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    France, Benin, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Chad, Nepal, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Sudan, Bhutan, Uganda, Ghana

    The objective of this Soils Bulletin is to promote the use of locally available organic materials to increase soil organic matter content for improvement of soil fertility, and as a sources of plant nutrients in conjunction with mineral fertilizers. This manual is written for all those concerned with the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility, especially under tropical and subtropical conditions. It contains material for use in farmer training.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    India, Tanzania, Italy, Peru, Philippines

    Small-scale forest-based processing enterprises comprise an important, but neglected, part of the forestry and forest industries sector. They process a large part of the raw materials from the forest and supply some of the main markets for forest products, in particular in the rural areas of developing countries.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    Kenya, Sweden, Gabon, Italy, Europe

    In response to government concerns, FAO has begun to develop more information on the nature of small forest enterprises, their contributions to rural incomes, the constraints that hold the small entrepreneur back, and the opportunities that strengthening this sector hold for improved rural incomes. An initial step was the commissioning of a number of case-studies.

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