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Access Agriculture is a non-profit organisation that showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. We strive to promote the transition towards agroecology and organic farming across the global South. To impact on rural livelihoods, please explore Access Agriculture.
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Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Cassava is a plant with valuable roots which are hidden below the soil. One of the main issues for cassava farmers is how do you estimate the value of your crop… but it is possible to work out the size of your cassava yield before harvest.
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Contour hedgerows slow the speed of water coming down the slope and allow the water to infiltrate. They also allow the washed away soil and nutrients to settle out above the hedgerows. You can plant many different grasses, depending on what you need and what is locally available.
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Across the world, people eat bananas and plantains. While some prepare banana as part of their main meal, many just eat it as a fruit. Once harvested, bananas don’t keep long and are easily damaged during handling and storage. But it is possible to turn your bananas or plantains into another nutritional product, namely flour.
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Learn how to spot banana weevils, how to keep them out of new banana fields and how to trap them.
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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
In the wider space between the double rows of pineapple, you can grow beans or groundnuts during the first year. This improves the soil. Most farmers cut down all the trees to establish pineapple gardens. But they are wrong. In fact, pineapples grow best and give better quality fruit when there is some shade. Apart from bananas, you can also plant a few trees in between your pineapples to provide some shade.
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Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
The cassava mosaic virus disease is an important cassava disease which causes low yields. It can be recognised on the cassava leaves which have spots ranging from light green to yellow. The disease is given to the plant by the whitefly. This disease cannot be cured but it can be avoided. To prevent the cassava mosaic virus disease we must use cuttings which have not been attacked by the disease. Most of all, we must plant varieties which are resistant to the disease.
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Farmers in Cote d’Ivoire show how they improve their cassava production and restore soil fertility. There are five things to do: use improved varieties that are resistant to the cassava mosaic virus; apply organic matter; apply small doses of mineral fertiliser; grow a legume in between our cassava; and plant the cassava in lines, leaving sufficient space between the lines.
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