Books For Africa Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Vocational Skills Initiative

From floods in West Africa to draught in East Africa and all of the climates in between, every African community faces unique challenges in food production.

The Books For Africa Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Vocational Skills Initiative provides libraries of new textbooks focused on improving African agricultural systems. The books, provided by Hobar Publications of Finney Company (Lakeville, MN), offer training for secondary and post-secondary students in the best practices for food production and farming.

The Books For Africa Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Vocational Skills Library focuses on four areas of agricultural development. The knowledge in these books will help African communities tailor solutions to the unique challenges they face to develop efficient food and agricultural systems for generations to come.

 

Crops: what grows in Africa? Topics include: African crop types Plant physiology Biodiversity	Animals: how do animals affect agriculture? Topics include: Livestock management Wildlife and pest management Integrating crop and livestock systems
Agricultural Environment: how does the environment affect agriculture? Topics include: Land composition and ecology Soil management Crop stress and climate change	Farming Practices: how can farmers optimize production? Topics include: Use of technology Post-harvest processing Growing for nutrition Marketing and agribusiness

 

See the full list of books provided in the BFA Agricultural and Natural Resource Management library.

 

Send agricultural libraries to Africa. Contact Books For Africa:

(651) 602-9844
bfa@booksforafrica.org

717 Prior Avenue N., Ste. B
St. Paul, MN 55104, USA