Talular advocates a radical change in the way we view and utilize our locally available resources, in order to move closer to sustainable development which provides quality education for all. Talular works to collect, test, develop, illustrate and share ideas and activities, from around the world, which focus on Teaching And Learning Using Locally Available Resources.

African agriculture

I haven't had time to explore this blog, but it looks very interesting. A very long list of past posts on all sorts of aspects of agriculture.

External link:
1 African agriculture (blogspot.com)
Photo source: africanagriculture.blogspot.com

The World Vegetable Centre (Founded 1971)

AVRDC – the World Vegetable Center is the leading international center for vegetable research and development worldwide. It is a not-for-profit research institute aimed at working towards reducing malnutrition and alleviating poverty in developing countries through improved production and consumption of safe vegetables.

Founded in 1971 as the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center with a mandate to enhance vegetable production in the Asian tropics, the World Vegetable Center has taken up a global role in promoting and supporting vegetable research and development in Africa, Asia, and other regions of the world

External link: About the The World Vegetable Center

Paw paw (papaya)

Internal link:
1 Fruits


External link:
1 Paw paw (Wikipedia)

Pineapple

External links:
1 Pineapple (Wikipedia)
2 Pineapple (Answers.com)
3 Pineapple (

Goats

External link:
1 Wikipedia on goats

Cattle

Source: International Livestock Research Institute (ilri.org)


Internal links:
1 Cow by Hannah Velten

External links:
1 Cattle.com

Cow by Hannah Velten



from: http://www.cowhq.co.nr/

'. . . the book’s design and illustrations are beautiful . . . Velten has a passion for her subject and it comes across. Her account is sweeping but precisely detailed, and subtly persuasive. You come to believe her theme isn’t odd at all: this kind of study and awareness should be mainstream. Look hard at cows and you learn about humans. Fascinating and delightful.' –Financial Times Magazine '. . . a great book . . . a fascinating mix of history, myth and record prices paid for top breeding animals.' –Eastern Daily Press

From the milk we drink in the morning to the leather shoes we slip on for the day, to the steak we savour at dinner, our daily lives are thoroughly bound up with the cow. Yet there is a far more complex story behind this seemingly benign creature, which Hannah Velten explores here, plumbing the rich trove of myth, fact and legend surrounding the cow, bull and ox. From the plowing field to the rodeo to the temple, Velten tracks the constantly changing social relationship between men and cattle, beginning with the domestication of aurochs around 9000 BC. From there, Cow launches into a fascinating story of religious fanaticism, scientific exploits and the revolutionary economic transformations engendered by the trade of the numerous products derived from the cow and bull. Velten explores in engaging detail how despite the creature’s prominence at two ends of a wide spectrum – Hinduism venerates the cow as one of the most sacred members of the animal kingdom, while beef is a prized staple of the Western diet – the animal is essentially viewed today as a objectified commodity more than as a living creature. Thought-provoking and informative, Cow restores this oft-overlooked herbivore to the nobility it richly deserves.

190 x 135 mm
208 pages
105 illustrations, 46 in colour
Paperback 978 1 86189 326 0
August 2007 £9.95

Hannah Velten is a freelance journalist who has worked as a livestock reporter for Farmers Weekly and has years of experience working with cows and oxen, including on Australian cattle stations and dairy farms in the UK.

AGR 1 The rationale for teaching agriculture

Internal links:


External links:
* Agriculture (wikipedia.org)
* 8 references/definitions of agriculture (dictionary.com)
* Key online references to agriculture (answers.com)
* 733 references to agriculture (references.com)


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AGR 2 Soil

Web links:
1 www.soiltalular.blogspot.com
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil

AGR 3 Soil fertility

Web links:
1 www.soiltalular.blogspot.com
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_fertility

AGR 4 Water

Web sites to look at:
1 http://watertalular.blogspot.com/
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water

AGR 5 Soil and water conservation

Web links:
1 www.soiltalular.blogspot.com
2 www.watertalular.blogspot.com

AGR 6 Weather and seasonal changes

Web links:
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather
page 54

AGR 7 Environmental factors that affect production: Schemes of work

64

AGR 8 Environmental factors that affect production: Project methods

72

AGR 9 Farm records

78

AGR 10 The teaching of farm records

90

AGR 11 Food and cash crops

100

AGR 12 Growing food and cash crops

108

AGR 13 The teaching crop production - practical lessons

124

AGR 14 Fruit Production

Internal links:
1 Fruit and vegetables
2 Pineapple
3 Paw paw or papaya


External links:
1 Fruit (Wikipedia)

AGR 15 Establishing and growing fruit trees

142

AGR 16 Fruit production – preparation of a practical lesson plan

156

AGR 17 Fruit production - presentation of a practical

166

AGR 17 Fruit production - presentation of a practical

166

AGR 18 Woodlot establishment

174

AGR 19 The teaching of agro-forestry

184

AGR 20 Types and importance of flowers and shrubs

188

AGR 21 Flowers and shrubs - establishing a nursery

194

AGR 22 Flowers and shrubs - production factors and cultural practices

198

AGR 23 Establishing a vegetable nursery

204

AGR 24 Growing Vegetables

Internal links:
1 About the World Vegetable Center (Founded 1971)
2 Cabbage

External links:
1 List of culinary vegetables (Wikipedia)
2 List of edible seeds (Wikipedia)
3 List of culinary fruits (Wikipedia)
4 List of plants with edible leaves (Wikipedia)
5 List of root vegetables (Wikipedia)
6 List of herbs (Wikipedia)
7 List of vegetable juice (Wikipedia)
8 The World Vegetable Center (Founded 1971)
9 Vegetable channel (Howstuffworks)

AGR 25 The teaching of vegetable production

230

AGR 26 Agroforestry – Importance and selection of trees

236

AGR 27 Agroforestry – establishing a demonstration plot

240

AGR 28 Conducting lessons on agroforestry

246

AGR 29 Farm tools and machinery

248

AGR 30 Maintenance and storage of farm tools and machinery

254

AGR 31 Agricultural technologies and safety

258

IPTE Agriculture course units

AGR 1 The rationale for teaching agriculture 8
AGR 2 Soil 20
AGR 3 Soil fertility 28
AGR 4 Water 38
AGR 5 Soil and water conservation 48
AGR 6 Weather and seasonal changes 54
AGR 7 Environmental factors that affect production: Schemes of work 64
AGR 8 Environmental factors that affect production: Project methods 72
AGR 9 Farm records 78
AGR 10 The teaching of farm records 90
AGR 11 Food and cash crops 100
AGR 12 Growing food and cash crops 108
AGR 13 The teaching crop production - practical lessons 124
AGR 14 Fruit Production 132
AGR 15 Establishing and growing fruit trees 142
AGR 16 Fruit production – preparation of a practical lesson plan 156
AGR 17 Fruit production - presentation of a practical 166
AGR 18 Woodlot establishment 174
AGR 19 The teaching of agro-forestry 184
AGR 20 Types and importance of flowers and shrubs 188
AGR 21 Flowers and shrubs - establishing a nursery 194
AGR 22 Flowers and shrubs - production factors and cultural practices 198
AGR 23 Establishing a vegetable nursery 204
AGR 24 Growing Vegetables 210
AGR 25 The teaching of vegetable production 230
AGR 26 Agroforestry – Importance and selection of trees 236
AGR 27 Agroforestry – establishing a demonstration plot 240
AGR 28 Conducting lessons on agroforestry 246
AGR 29 Farm tools and machinery 248
AGR 30 Maintenance and storage of farm tools and machinery 254
AGR 31 Agricultural technologies and safety 258