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World Service,15 Aug 1995,13 mins

Surprise Benefits of the Velvet Bean in Benin

The Farming World

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More Benin farmers now plant the macuna or velvet bean to control spear grass as well as improve soil. An incubation system to combat shortage of ducklings in Bangladesh. Changes in Tanzanian land tenure system to improve farming of fragile lands.

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