Saturday, July 10, 2010

Locally Produced Crops for Locally Consumed Products

In WorldWatch:
In Zambia, sorghum—a drought resistant cereal that thrives in the country— was considered a “poor man’s crop” in the past, often shunned by small-scale farmers for the more commercially viable maize. But an article in the June issue of Farming Matters explains how a Zambian brewery with a new brand of beer is changing the way small-scale farmers think about sorghum...[continue reading]
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