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BURUNDI 2007. A private phyto-laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

BURUNDI 2007. A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

BURUNDI 2007. A private phyto-laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

BURUNDI 2007. A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

BURUNDI 2007. A private phyto-laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

A private phyto-laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

BURUNDI 2007. Women of the Batwa community working in a taro garden patch.

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BURUNDI 2007. A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.

Emergency Agricultural Assistance to households hit by the 2005 drought, the severe cassava mosaic disease and victims of armed conflict for the cropping seasons 2007A, 2007B - OSRO/BDI/606/EC. Supply of 1000 tons of white bean seeds: 10 kg per household; Supply specific households organized into seed groups /associations for soy beans--130 tons, sorghum--130 tons, which are more resistant to drought than beans; Increase sources of lipids through the distribution of 50 tons of peanut seeds to vulnerable households; Reconstitute soil fertility and combat erosion through the distribution of vitro-plants --65 000, especially to returnee households; Assist vulnerable households in installing 400 ha of mosaic resistant cassava varieties through the supply of lime, mineral fertilizer, phytosanitary products; Distribution of 3 000 000 sweet potato vines of the beta-carotene-rich varieties to improve the household diet; Make 40 000 planting hoes available to the most vulnerable households for their personal needs or to allow them to sell their labour power; Support the Food Security Early Warning and Control System--SAP-SSA.

09/21/2007

Project ID OSRO/BDI/606/EC

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