Table of Contents
Chapter 1 LAND PREPARATION AND SOWING
Chapter 1.1 Gloves to help subsistence farmers
Chapter 1.2. Low-cost grain moisture sensor for drying and storing grain
Chapter 1.3 Soaking seeds before planting (seed priming)
Chapter 1.4 Sowing seeds in rows (line sowing)
Chapter 1.6 Low-cost tools to sow seeds
Chapter 1.7 Reducing seedling crowding after sowing (thinning)
Chapter 1.8 Tools to transplant seedlings
Chapter 1.9 Raking tool (e.g. to collect weeds)-IN PROGRESS
Chapter 1.10 Community seed bank-IN PROGRESS
Chapter 1.11 Dry Sowing of Wheat Seeds
Chapter 2 CROP AND TREE INTENSIFICATION
Chapters 2.1 Intercropping cereals and legumes-IN PROGRESS
Chapters 2.2 Relay cropping-IN PROGRESS
Chapters 2.3 Vegetable seed packages for home gardens-IN PROGRESS
Chapter 2.4/2.5 Tarpaulin/silpaulin for greenhouse and low tunnel construction-IN PROGRESS
Chapters 2.6 Grafting to improve tree propagation
Chapters 2.7 Soil clump test to determine if root/tuber crops can be planted
Chapters 2.8 Intercropping and relay cropping in a ginger cropping system
Chapters 2.9 Producing Hybrid Maize Seeds for Smallholder Farmers
Chapters 2.10 Mesh Shade Greenhouse for Small Scale Farmers
Chapters 2.11 Analysis of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for Smallholder Farmers
Chapters 2.12 Intercropping Wheat and Green Peas for Smallholder Farmers
Chapters 2.13 Plastic coated twist ties for small scale farmers
Chapters 2.14 Cowpea-Maize Intercropping as a Biofertilizer Strategy
Chapters 2.15 Intercropping Maize and Common Bean
Chapter 3 TERRACE AND HILLSIDE AGRICULTURE
Chapters 3.1 Yam in sacks on terrace walls
Chapter 3.2a Climbing beans on terrace walls
Chapter 3.2b Climbing chayote squash on terrace walls
Chapter 3.3a Waterfall-type legumes on terrace edges-IN PROGRESS
Chapters 3.4b Waterfall-type cucurbits on terrace edges-IN PROGRESS
Chapters 4.1.2 Litmus paper and liming for adjusting soil pH
Chapter 4.3 Shallow trenching to prevent erosion, conserve water
Chapter 4.4 Contour farming on hillsides to prevent erosion
Chapter 4.5 Living grass barriers to prevent erosion
Chapter 4.7 Bijramata: An indigenous biofertilizer-IN PROGRESS
Chapter 4.8 Adding organic nutrients to home gardens
Chapter 4.9 Improving biofertilizer application for smallholder farmers using Pivot Bio
Chapter 4.10 Livestock sheds and collecting urine to add to manure
Chapter 4.11 Compost improvement
Chapter 4.12 Microdosing of manure-IN PROGRESS
Chapter 4.13 Treating seeds with urine
Chapter 4.15 A critical assessment of the utility of manure pellet machines for smallholder farmers
Chapter 4.16.1 Synthetic fertilizers: primer and raising yields
Chapter 4.16.2 Balanced fertilization
Chapter 4.17 Microdosing of synthetic fertilizers
Chapter 4.18 Cover crop - Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean)-IN PROGRESS
Chapter 4.20 Leaf colour change to diagnose fertilizer needs
Chapter 4.23.1 Optimizing legume productivity using molybdenum fertilizer
Chapter 4.24.1 Rhizobia bacteria inoculants for legumes
Chapter 4.24.2 Optimizing rhizobia inoculants for legumes
Chapter 4.27 Pigeon pea for degraded soils
Chapter 4.28 Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis in rice paddies
Chapter 4.31 Covering manure from rain during storages
Chapter 4.32 Sesbania rostrata as Green Manure for Smallholder Famers
Chapter 4.33 Split Application of Synthetic Fertilizer
Chapter 4.34 Vetch as a cover crop for small scale farmers
Chapter 5 WATER AND DROUGHT RESILIENCY
Chapter 5.2 Tied ridging to capture and prevent erosion
Chapter 5.4/5 Rainwater collection around fruit trees including use of rocks
Chapters 5.7 Foldable plastic tanks and tarpaulin to collect rainwater
Chapters 5.8 Irrigating a crop nursery using rainwater-IN PROGRESS
Chapters 5.9 Drip irrigation in a greenhouse
Chapters 5.10 Plastic mulch prevents water loss
Chapters 5.11 Mung bean to fight climate change
Chapters 5.12 Taro: Production outline, challenges, and opportunities
Chapters 5.13 Lentil to fight climate change
Chapter 5.14 Fonio to fight climate change
Chapter 5.15 Pearl millet to mitigate climate change
Chapter 5.16 Mustard leafy greens to fight climate change
Chapters 5.17 Aloe vera as a cash crop to fight climate change
Chapter 5.18 Grapes to fight climate change
Chapters 5.19 Jerusalem artichoke as a tool to mitigate climate change
Chapters 5.20 Rosemary as a cash crop to fight climate change
Chapters 5.21 Dragon fruit to fight climate change
Chapter 5.22 Fava bean to fight climate change
Chapters 5.23 Anti-transpirants on plant seedlings to fight drought
Chapters 5.24 Adopting lavender as a cash crop to combat drought for subsistence farmers
Chapters 5.25 Foxtail millet to fight climate change
Chapters 5.26 Planting fig trees to combat drought
Chapters 5.27 Tal-ya trays to grow fruit trees in dry conditions
Chapters 5.28 Spineless cactus and saltbush as sheep fodder in dry climates
Chapter 5.29 Super absorbent polymer seed coating to fight drought
Chapters 5.30 Drought tolerant common bean varieties
Chapters 5.31 Proso millet to fight climate change
Chapters 5.32 Morning dew collection on terrace walls to mitigate climate change
Chapters 5.33 Adopting tepary bean to combat drought
Chapters 5.34 Bambara groundnut: overcoming climate change in Africa
Chapters 5.35 A sustainable innovation to preserve cowpea crops
Chapters 5.36 Gliricidia sepium as a dry season livestock fodder
Chapters 5.37 How pigeon peas can combat drought
Chapters 5.38 Adopting watermelon to combat drought
Chapters 5.39 Mesquite trees to fight climate change
Chapters 5.40 Marama bean to fight climate change
Chapters 5.41 Chaya to fight climate change
Chapters 5.42 Galia melon to fight drought
Chapters 5.44 Sonora white wheat to fight drought
Chapters 5.45 Acacia trees to fight climate change
Chapter 5.46 Tamarind to fight climate change
Chapters 5.47 Pomegranate to fight climate change
Chapters 5.48 Peanuts (groundnuts) to fight climate change
Chapters 5.49 Alfalfa as an animal feed to fight climate change