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African soap berry

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Phyolacca dodecandra or the Africal soap berry belongs to the family Phytolaccaceae and is native to most of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It has [ ... ]




Media Centre News ‘PROTA recommends…’ booklets in French
‘PROTA recommends…’ booklets in French PDF Print


20/07/2009

The following ‘PROTA recommends…’ booklets are now available in French:


Céréales et légumes secs
C.H. Bosch & D.J. Borus (Editeurs), 2009. Céréales et légumes secs de l’Afrique tropicale. Conclusions et recommandations basées sur PROTA 1 : “ Céréales et légumes secs”. [Traduction de : Cereals and pulses of Tropical Africa. Conclusions and recommendations based on PROTA 1: ‘Cereals and pulses’. 2007]. Fondation PROTA, Wageningen, Pays-Bas. 94 pp.
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Légumes
C.H. Bosch, D.J. Borus & J.S. Siemonsma (Editeurs), 2009. Légumes de l’Afrique tropicale. Conclusions et recommandations basées sur PROTA 2 : “Légumes”. [Traduction de : Vegetables of Tropical Africa. Conclusions and recommendations based on PROTA 2: ‘Vegetables’. 2005]. Fondation PROTA, Wageningen, Pays-Bas. 88 pp.
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Colorants et tanins
C.H. Bosch & D.J. Borus (Editeurs), 2009. Colorants et tanins de l’Afrique tropicale. Conclusions et recommandations basées sur PROTA 3 : “Colorants et tanins”.[Traduction de : Dyes and tannins of Tropical Africa. Conclusions and recommendations based on PROTA 3: ‘Dyes and tannins’. 2006]. Fondation PROTA, Wageningen, Pays Bas. 68 pp.
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Oléagineux
O.M. Grace, D.J. Borus & C.H. Bosch (Editeurs), 2009. Oléagineux de l’Afrique tropicale. Conclusions et recommandations basées sur PROTA 14 : “Oléagineux”. [Traduction de : Vegetable oils of Tropical Africa. Conclusions and recommendations based on PROTA 14: ‘Vegetable oils’. 2008]. Fondation PROTA, Wageningen, Pays-Bas. 86 pp.
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Since 2010, much effort was spent on promoting PROTA (Communications & Outreach) and measuring PROTA's impact (Monitoring & Evaluation).
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'PROTA 16: Fibres' Published!

Since prehistoric times plant fibres have been used for many purposes, including clothing, cordage, thatching, basketry and paper. More recent uses in [ ... ]




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