Cultivation
This section covers a broad range of small-scale cultivation techniques and discusses specific crops from fruit to mushrooms.
General Resources
Boiling Water Treatment of Banana and Plantain
Hot water treatment can reduce nematode and weevil infestation in banana and plantain crops.
Floating Gardens in Bangladesh
A floating garden is built using aquatic weeds as a base on which vegetables can be grown.
Garlic Farming - लसुन खेती
Information about garlic farming in Nepali. A Technical Brief with audio.
Hibiscus Farming زراعة و حصاد محصول الكركد
The plants importance as a cash crop is promising for small-scale farmers: seeds are cheap, easy to sew, and will...
How to Grow Bonsai - বনসাই
Bonsai trees are miniature size creations made by careful cultivation.
Hydroponic Cultivation - মাটিবিহীন চাষবাস
Hydroponics is the growing of plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water.
Mushroom Growing
Developing commercial cultivation of mushrooms is growing throughout Africa. This brief focuses on this practice in...
Oregano Cultivation
Oregano has very high tolerance in terms of altitude and temperature. It is suitable in any soil that is not saline.
Oregano Cultivation - Cultivo Del Orégano
Oregano has very high tolerance in terms of altitude and temperature. It is suitable in any soil that is not saline.
Passion Fruit Cultivation
Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.
Passion Fruit Cultivation - Cultivo de Maracuyá
Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.
Passion Fruit Cultivation - Yolanda Morales Growing Passion Fruit in Peru
Farmers in Peru have introduced innovations in their farms by growing crops that formerly did not exist in the area.
Soil Desalination for Vegetable Cultivation
A small-scale approach to soil desalination for cultivating vegetables from Bangladesh.
Success story: Vegetables Production - সব্জি চাষে সাফল্য
A story of vegetable production in Bangladesh.
The Donkey Plough
This Technical Brief covers the construction of the donkey plough, developed for use in Sudan.
The Kebkabiya Plough
The donkey plough is a lightweight plough suitable for conditions in Sudan.
The Kebkabiya Plough
This plough has been used with great success in Kebkabiya, Sudan. Here is a highly visual guide to its use.
Vegetable Production under Protective Structures
Protective structures will reduce insect pest and disease problems for urban and peri-urban vegetable production and...
Also see from CGIAR Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management (SP-IPM): a global partnership that draws together the diverse IPM research, knowledge and expertise of the international agricultural research centres and their partners to build synergies in research outcomes and impacts, and to respond more effectively to the needs of farmers in developing countries.
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 2.pdf
Lost to the weeds - changing practices favor an old enemy
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 3.pdf
Invasive floating water weeds – killing life and commerce
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 4.pdf
Rid fruits and vegetables in Africa of notorious fruit flies
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 5.pdf
Predicting the effects of global warming on insect pests.
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 6.pdf
Aflatoxins - the invisible threat in foods and feeds
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 7.pdf
Sowing the seeds of better yam
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 9.pdf
Endophytes: novel weapons in the IPM arsenal
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 10.pdf
Enhanced protection for tissue cultured banana plants
SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief 12.pdf
Vegetable Production under Protective Structures
