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Cereals

Better Farming Series, no. 15 (1977)

Year of publication 1977

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 60 p.

Author Animal Production and Health Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

ISBN 92~5-100150-2

Series title FAO Better Farming Series

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This manual is a translation and adaptation of "Les Céréales,' published the Agri-Service-Afrique of the lnstitut africain pour le developpement economique et social (INADES). This course teaches the farmer about which cereals are grown in Africa, traditional and modern methods of cultivation and focuses on sorghum, millet and maize as well as covering fonio, finger millet and wheat.

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