Here are some useful websites for sustainable agriculture, food security, and conservation. Some provide free magazines/newsletters/resources by mail or online. Check them out!
Agroforestry
http://food-security.info/food-security.info/Agroforestry.htm - subsistence farmers/ agro-forestry
http://www.cifor.org/ Centre for International Forestry Research – Academic articles and resources
http://www.treesforlife.org/ Trees for Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG_vRG66wkA&feature=related – watch a video on establishing a food forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DpptI4QGY – watch a video on farmer managed natural regeneration
http://aciar.gov.au/treesforfood Trees for Food Security: new project launch in Ethiopia & Rwanda, Uganda & Burundi in the future
Appropriate Technology
From the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Mark Hare Note the metal silo at the 3:05 mark!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjGKqMArm8k&feature=player_embedded
to follow track on monthly production of digesters of the different African countries including TZ and various useful documents specifically on Solid State Digesters for rural arid areas were water is an issue.
www.biogas-tanzania.org is the official website of the TDBP dom. Biogas programme
www.snvworld.org is the official; website for SNV with links to biogas related articles
www.africabiogas.org is the official website for the African Biogas Partnership Programme with links to other sites and articles.
youtube.com/watch?v=k92gQSFm31U Li hand seeder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqeU1ZRov3Y&list=UUc_U8b1lLAaujXzx1kH2FCw&index=1&feature=plcp Appropriate CA machinery in Bangladesh:"Save More, Grow More, Earn More"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb0w5yEjMho&feature=em-share_video_user organic fertilizer being processed through a homemade pelletizer, Cambodia
Water and Soil Issues
http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i3041e/i3041e.pdf Training handbook: Safe use of wastewater in urban and peri-urban horticulture. Ghana and sub-Saharan African context.
Livestock
http://kyeemafoundation.org/news.php/ - the International Rural Poultry Network newsletter
http://www.iga-goatworld.org/ - the International Goat Network website & newsletter
http://beesfordevelopment.org/ - information about fighting poverty using bees
Natural Medicine and Nutrition
www.anamed.net
www.realimpact.or.ke Nutrition gardening: Training courses are run at thedemonstration farm and kitchen at in Thika, about 50km from Nairobi. We are building a network of over 40 Nutrition Gardens in schools, hospitals, women's groups, youth groups, self-help groups, orphanages and prisons in the Thika region.
http://www.veganherbal.com/courses Natural medicine courses
Natural resource Management and Policy Issues
http://www.landaction.org/ - information on food sovereignty and land reform issues
Organizational Management and Tools, Social change
http://www.imarkgroup.org/index_en.asp - managing electronic info, strategies & policies
http://ephilanthropy.org/ePMT/ - the ePhilanthropy website with news about donors
http://www.boardsource.org/ - resources on developing local advisory and governing boards
http://www.freetranslation.com/ - provides translation services for text and entire websites
http://www.g-fras.org/en/knowledge/gfras-publications Guide to Evaluating Rural Extension
http://www.g-fras.org/en/building position paper "Building Knowledge Systems in Agriculture" accompanied by a factsheet about extension services and a selection of case studies.
http://www.farmradio.org/multimedia-2/video/ farm radio international
Pest & Disease Management:
www.plantwise.org led by CABI, is a global alliance to provide information on plant health, pests and diseases
Clinics established in TZ, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC). Since June 2012 plant clinics are now fully operational. 12 locations listed here:
http://www.plantwise.org/default.aspx?site=234&page=4952
DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda also have clinics.
Plant science, production
http://www.tropicalforages.info/index.htm - tropical forages fact sheets on 185 species
http://www.prota.org/ OR http://www.prota4u.org/ Plant Resources of Tropical Africa database: Plant info sheets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWOlyvE-UP4&NR=1&feature=endscreen - watch for care of flowering mango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpESpPEQU2E&feature=relmfu - watch how to grow fig trees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOi4wQwQ_I&feature=related - a short video on banana growing
Watch a 4 part series on how to grow bananas & background on importance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBlu8A68_Pc&feature=related - part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nv-LhU5mAg&feature=relmfu - part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekg4E68ox-Y&feature=relmfu - part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5qXYNbbxE&feature=relmfu - part 4
http://www.fao.org/agriculture/seed/cropcalendar/welcome.do FAO online Crop Calendar that advises which crops to plant when, according to the type of agricultural zone, in 43 major African countries. A quick reference tool in selecting crop varieties to adapt to changing weather patterns accelerated by climate change. Based on inputs from member countries.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html A collaborative effort between Bioversity International, CIAT, and Cirad information on the edible fruits and nuts of the Americas. Listing 1256 species.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/faminefood/fieldguide.htm Four major categories of 'wild-food' plants can be distinguished: (1) typical 'famine-food' plants, (2) 'wild-food' plants with 'famine-food' components, (3) 'wild-food' plants attracting additional consumer categories during food shortage periods, and (4) on-farm food crops with 'famine-food' components. Each category and some typical representative examples of 'wild-food' plants are described below. (Ethiopia focus)
www.zimbabweflora.co.zw The flowering plants and ferns of Zimbabwe. 3,001 species with images, 2,877 native or naturalised species. Mark Hyde
http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/databases-publications/index.htm Royal Kew Botanic Gardens, London UK. plant name database, seed information
Propagation Techniques:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHJTCjt9ozU&feature=related - watch W.Africans grafting - turn down sound and English subtitles makes it ideal for showing & speaking in Kiswahili
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIDc6Z5zH9Q&feature=related - watch more complete explanation about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-lL_ikaxtY&feature=relmfu - watch how to do bud grafting of citrus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EwtyO16dFg&feature=relmfu - watch how to graft mangoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UAcMEho0_0&feature=relmfu - watch how to care for fruit seedling after grafting
http://www.youtube.com/WorldVegetableCenter How to graft tomato, eggplant, and cucurbits
Urban Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/FCIT/PDF/FoodAgriCities_Oct2011.pdf Food, Agriculture and Cities
http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/greenercities/ First status report on urban and peri-urban horticulture in Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMv72yQFbvI YouTube video of Uganda children preparing a sack garden www.earthscan.co.uk New Book: African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture
General
http://www.tearfund.org/tilz - excellent Footsteps newsletter with development resources
http://www.leisa.info/ - resources on low external input agriculture
http://www.cta.int - free books from Tropical Centre for Agriculture & Rural Cooperation &
excellent SPORE magazine
http://www.wn.org/ - website for World Neighbors, practical how-to-do-it newsletter & booklets
http://www.echonet.org or http://www.echotech.org – websites for the Echo Development Notes
http://www.alin.or.ke – the Arid Lands Information Network website, and BAOBAB magazine
http://www.ajfand.net/ african journal of food ag nutrition and devel
http://www.metafro.be/collections Metafro Infosys is a catalogue of data sets and data sources related to Central Africa (including Angola, Burundi and Rwanda). Medicinal plants, History, Archaeology, Ethnosociology, Linguistics, Entomology. Belgian Development Cooperation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBq4gTg8mM&feature=related – watch the 1st in a 6-part series on permaculture design
http://hortcrsp.ucdavis.edu/main/map.aspx?t=0&q=&r=6&c=47 database of ongoing horticultural projects in TZ, also available for other places
Slow internet connection?
There are a few different add-ons for browsers that make it easy to download youtube videos and watch them later, rather than streaming and withstanding all that buffering time. One is Flash video downloader (www.flashvideodownloader.org) This particular one has add-ons for a few different browsers. A quick search from your browser in add-ons or extensions for "youtube downloader" or "flash video downloader" gets you a variety of options. This one just puts a "download" button right below the youtube video and if you click and select the file type it brings up a save file menu and then saves it to your computer.