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Intsormil, Mamourou Diourté, Elvis A. Heinrichs Mar 2014

Intsormil, Mamourou Diourté, Elvis A. Heinrichs

Elvis A. Heinrichs

INTSORMIL est géré par l’Université de Nebraska-Lincoln qui joue le rôle de chef de file d’un accord de coopération liant l’USAID à des associés pour cinq ans. La vision globale d’INTSORMIL consiste à améliorer la sécurité alimentaire, accroître les revenus agricoles et améliorer l’activité économique dans les pays à grande production des sorgho/mil en Afrique et en Amérique centrale (carte ci-contre).

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Crop Management Technologies Approved/Recommended To Farmers By Intsormil Supported Nars Programs 2006-2012, Elvis A. Heinrichs Mar 2014

Crop Management Technologies Approved/Recommended To Farmers By Intsormil Supported Nars Programs 2006-2012, Elvis A. Heinrichs

Elvis A. Heinrichs

Table listing year, crop (sorghum or pearl millet), country, technology approved/ recommended for release to farmers (sowing rate, spacing, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, tied ridges etc.), and comments regarding crop management technologies approved/recommended to farmers by INTSORMIL-supported NARS programs, 2006-2012. Countries included are: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

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Lincoln South Rotary Program, February 2010 [Lincoln, Nebraska, Usa]: Global Food Security--Intsormil, Elvis Heinrichs Mar 2014

Lincoln South Rotary Program, February 2010 [Lincoln, Nebraska, Usa]: Global Food Security--Intsormil, Elvis Heinrichs

Elvis A. Heinrichs

Short Heinrichs spoke to the Lincoln South Rotary Club in February 2010 about global food security. What is food security? The availability of food and access to it. Many countries have food available but the population has no access to it. Heinrichs gave the group some sobering statistics regarding hunger in the world. Nine hundred forty-seven million people in the world are undernourished. One hundred forty-six billion kids under age 5 are underweight. One in seven people are hungry, and one in six people do not have safe drinking water. Ten million kids die each year from hunger related causes. …

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