Information resources

The International Programme produces a range of publications on organic and ecological agricultural techniques in the following subject areas:

• Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees
• Chainsaw milling
• General
• Natural Pest, Disease and Weed Control
• Prosopis
• School Resources
• Seed Saving and Suppliers
• Soil Fertility
• Trade and Certification
• Water Harvesting and Conservation
• Kiswahili Resources

These publications are designed to assist farmers, small organisations, government extension workers and other groups in their advisory, demonstration and educational work.

• Booklets – (20 pages A5) provide clear and straightforward information on basic techniques.
• Leaflets – (1-2 page A4) provide detailed information on specific plants, trees, pests and diseases.
• Resource Lists – (1 page A4) provide contact information on a range of topics.
• Briefing Papers and Research Papers - from our research projects

See our Enquiry Service for tailor-made information responses.

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Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees

Booklets

• Agroforestry in the Tropics (PDF - 147Kb)
• Agroforestry in the Tropics - Kiswahili version (PDF - 270Kb)
• Moringa oleifera: a multi-purpose tree (PDF - 372Kb)
• Moringa oleifera: a multi-purpose tree - Kiswahili version (PDF - 334Kb)
• Planting out firewood and fodder species (PDF - 382Kb)
• Planting out firewood and fodder species - Kiswahili version (PDF - 616Kb)
• Raising Firewood and Fodder Trees in Nurseries (PDF - 190Kb)
• Raising Firewood and Fodder Trees in Nurseries - Kiswahili version (PDF - 236Kb)

Leaflets

• Apple-ring tree Faidherbia albida (PDF - 35Kb)
• Baobab Adansonia digitata (PDF - 34Kb)
• Breadfruit Artocarpus altilis (PDF - 29Kb)
• Cashew nut Anacardium occidentale (PDF - 33Kb)
• Cassia Cassia spectabilis (PDF - 30Kb)
• Cedar wattle Acacia elata (PDF - 17Kb)
• Desert date Balanites aegyptiaca (PDF - 33Kb)
• English walnut Juglans regia (PDF - 24Kb)
• Flame of the forest Delonix regia (PDF - 12Kb)
• Indian coral tree Erythrina variegata (PDF - 30Kb)
• Jack fruit Artocarpus heterophyllus (PDF - 32Kb)
• Mediterranean Saltbush Atriplex halimus (PDF - 24Kb)
• Purple camel's foot tree Bauhinia purpurea (PDF - 30Kb)
• Quail brush Atriplex lentiformis (PDF - 28Kb)
• Rubber Hevea brasiliensis (PDF - 23Kb)
• Shea butter tree Butryospermum parkii (PDF - 31Kb)
• Siberian peashrub Caragana arborescens (PDF - 30Kb)
• Swamp immortelle Erythrina fusca (PDF - 21Kb)
• White mulberry Morus alba (PDF - 12Kb)

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Chainsaw milling

Policy Briefs

• Chainsaw milling to improve rural livelihoods
  A policy brief outlining how chainsaw milling can be used to improve rural livelihoods
  • Download Chainsaw milling to improve rural livelihoods (PDF - 1Mb)
• Chainsaw milling to in Uganda & DRC
  A policy brief aimed to shape forest policy in East Africa, taken from studies carried out in Uganda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Download Chainsaw milling to in Uganda & DRC (PDF - 528Kb)
• Chainsaws - milling and regulation
  A policy brief suggesting how laws on chainsaw use could be implementd to improve livelihoods wiithout harming the environment
  • Download Chainsaws - milling and regulation (PDF - 1Mb)
• The future of chainsaw milling in Kenya
  A policy brief aimed at all organisations involved in timber production. It suggests how chainsaw milling has a role to play in supplying timber in Kenya and East Africa
  • Download The future of chainsaw milling in Kenya (PDF - 2Mb)

Reports

• The potential of chainsaw milling outside forests
  A summary report on the various considerations for using chainsaw mills including economic and policy case studies from East Africa
  • Download The potential of chainsaw milling outside forests (PDF - 1Mb)
• Turning Trees to Timber: A Chainsaw Milling Manual
  A training manual covering many aspects of chainsaw mills. Developed specifically for small farms and dryland trees in the tropics
  • Download Turning Trees to Timber: A Chainsaw Milling Manual (PDF - 1010Kb)

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General

Booklets

• Rotations in Vegetable Production (PDF - 1Mb)
• What is organic farming? (PDF - 204Kb)
• What is organic farming? - Arabic version (PDF - 713Kb)
• What is organic farming? - French version (PDF - 245Kb)
• What is organic farming? - Spanish version (PDF - 473Kb)

Resource Lists

• Contacts in Cuba (PDF - 90Kb)
• International sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology contacts (PDF - 140Kb)
• Possible funding sources (PDF - 81Kb)

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Natural Pest, Disease and Weed Control

Booklets

• Natural Pest and Disease Control (PDF - 114Kb)
• Natural Pest and Disease Control - Kiswahili version (PDF - 189Kb)
• Termite control without chemicals (PDF - 58Kb)
• Termite control without chemicals - Kiswahili version (PDF - 145Kb)
• The Neem Tree (PDF - 240Kb)
• The Neem Tree - Kiswahili version (PDF - 271Kb)
• Weed Control (PDF - 168Kb)

Disease Control Leaflets

• Early blight Alternaria solani (PDF - 9Kb)
• Late blight Phytophthora infestans (PDF - 11Kb)
• Viruses (PDF - 25Kb)

Natural Pesticides Leaflets

• Chillipepper Capiscum frutescens (PDF - 12Kb)
• Garlic Allium sativum (PDF - 48Kb)
• Mexican Marigold Tagetes minuta (PDF - 14Kb)
• Pyrethrum Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium (PDF - 9Kb)

Pest Control Leaflets

• African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (PDF - 16Kb)
• Aphids Fam. Aphididae (PDF - 53Kb)
• Cutworms Fam. Noctuidae (PDF - 65Kb)
• Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (PDF - 49Kb)
• Lesser grain borer Rhizopertha dominica (PDF - 28Kb)
• Maize stalk borer Busseola fusca (PDF - 23Kb)
• Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis (PDF - 15Kb)
• Pink stalk borer Sesamia calamistis (PDF - 16Kb)
• Root nematodes Heteroderidae fam (PDF - 17Kb)
• Spotted stalk borer Chilo partellus (PDF - 16Kb)
• Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus (PDF - 15Kb)

Research Papers

• Improvement of Neem and its Potential Benefits to Poor Farmers (2001) Childs FJ, Chamberlain JR, Antwi EA, Daniel J, Harris PJC. HDRA, Coventry, UK. 34pp. ISBN 0 905343 29 8
  • Download Improvement of Neem as a PDF (PDF - 403Kb)

Resource Lists

• Neem tree contacts (PDF - 159Kb)

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Prosopis

Books

• Identifying Tropical Prosopis Species: A Field Guide (2004) Pasiecznik NM, Harris PJC and Smith SJ HDRA, Coventry, UK 30pp.
  • Download Identifying Prosopis: A field guide - the content (PDF - 507Kb)
  • Download Identifying Prosopis: A field guide - the cover (PDF - 91Kb)
• Managing Prosopis juliflora (Vilayati babul): A Technical Manual (2000) Tewari, JC, Harris PJC, Harsh LN, Cadoret K and Pasiecznik NM. CAZRI, Jodhpur, India and HDRA, Coventry, UK. 96pp. ISBN 0 905343 27 1
  • Download Managing Prosopis Manual (PDF - 5Mb)
  • Download Managing Prosopis Cover (PDF - 252Kb)
• The Prosopis juliflora - Prosopis pallida Complex: A Monograph (2001) Pasiecznik NM. HDRA, Coventry, UK. 162pp. ISBN 0 905343 30 1
  • Download the complete mongraph (PDF - 2Mb)
  • Download just the main text of the monograph (PDF - 1Mb)
  • Download just the cover of the monograph (PDF - 422Kb)
  • Download just the colour photos section of the monograph (PDF - 689Kb)
• Prosopis Species in the Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of India (1998) J.C. Tewari, N.M. Pasiecznik, L.N. Harsh and P.J.C. Harris HDRA, Coventry, UK. ISBN 0 905343 21 2
  Proceedings of a conference held at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India..
  weblink http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/AD321E/ad321e00.htm

CD and Film

• The Genus Prosopis: A Reference Database (Version 1.0): CD ROM (2000) Cadoret K, Pasiecznik NM and Harris PJC. HDRA, Coventry, UK. ISBN 0 905343 28 X
• Prosopis juliflora – Part 1, Don't See It As a Disaster & Part 2, Unexplored Multiple Uses (2000) Harsh L.N., J.C. Tewari and M. Lal CAZRI, Jodhpur and EMRC, JNV University, Jodhpur, India.
  Educational video film (32mins)

Policy Briefs

• Controlling the spread of Prosopis in Ethiopia by its utilisation
  A briefing paper for decision makers in Ethiopia involved in issues related to the problems of Prosopis
  • Download the Prosopis in Ethiopia policy brief (PDF - 177Kb)
• Realistic approaches to the management of Prosopis species in South Africa
  Policy brief aimed at decision makers in South Africa involved in land use issues where Prosopis species is a problem
  • Download South Africa Prosopis Policy Brief (PDF - 419Kb)
• Using invasive Prosopis to improve livelihoods in Sri Lanka
  A policy brief aimed at decision makers involved in issues of Prosopis or in developing forest products for improving rural livelihoods
  • Download Sri Lanka Prosopis Policy Brief (PDF - 233Kb)
• Prosopis juliflora (vilayati babul) in the drylands of India: develop this valuable resource – don’t eradicate it
  A briefing paper for the Government of India, state governments and concerned ministries
  • Download the second Prosopis policy brief (PDF - 186Kb)
• Prosopis (mesquite, algarrobo): invasive weed or valuable forest resource?
  A briefing paper for local, national and international bodies responsible for natural resource management in arid and semi-arid regions experiencing invasions of weedy Prosopis
  • Download the third Prosopis policy brief (PDF - 225Kb)
• Algaroba - planta invasora ou recurso florestal valioso?
  (Prosopis - Invasive plant or valuable resource?)
  • Download Brazil Prosopis Policy Brief (PDF - 179Kb)
• Developing Prosopis as a valuable resource for dry zones - a synthesis
  • Download the Prosopis synthesis (PDF - 782Kb)
• Exploiting the value of Prosopis for dryland forestry and agroforestry systems
  A briefing paper for agencies concerned with international research and development
  • Download the first Prosopis Policy Brief (PDF - 289Kb)
• The challenges of eradicating Prosopis in Kenya
  • Download Kenya Prosopis Policy Brief (PDF - 391Kb)

Reports

• Cooking with Prosopis Flour
  A guide on how flour from Prosopis pods can be incorporated into everyday recipes.
  • Download Cooking with Prosopis flour (PDF - 145Kb)
• Marketing of Prosopis Products in the UK - Feasibility Report
  A study on the potential of marketing prosopis wood and other associted products in the UK.
  • Download the Prosopis marketing report (PDF - 417Kb)
• Putting knowledge on Prosopis into use in Kenya
  Outcomes of a project funded by Kennington Overseas Aid that explored how the spread of the prosopis tree could be controlled by using it as a resource to support marginal communities in the Baringo district, Kenya.
  • Download the Prosopis Kenya summary report (PDF - 219Kb)

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School Resources

Booklets

• Better manure, Better crops (PDF - 1Mb)

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Seed Saving and Suppliers

Booklets

• Farmer seed saving (PDF - 586Kb)
• Farmer seed saving - Kiswahili version (PDF - 307Kb)

Resource Lists

• Herb and medicinal plant suppliers (PDF - 133Kb)
• Seed saving and Heritage seed contacts (PDF - 101Kb)
• Tree seed suppliers (PDF - 113Kb)
• Vegetable seed suppliers (PDF - 160Kb)

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Soil Fertility

Booklets

• Composting in the Tropics I (PDF - 170Kb)
• Composting in the Tropics I - Kiswahili version (PDF - 318Kb)
• Composting in the Tropics II (PDF - 216Kb)
• Composting in the Tropics II - Kiswahili version (PDF - 314Kb)
• Green Manures / Cover Crops (PDF - 124Kb)
• Green Manures / Cover Crops - Kiswahili version (PDF - 220Kb)

Leaflets

• Centro Centrosema pubescens (PDF - 26Kb)
• Cluster bean Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (PDF - 20Kb)
• Common bean Phaseolus vulgaris (PDF - 15Kb)
• Cowpea Vigna unguiculata Unguiculata spp. (PDF - 25Kb)
• Egyptian clover Trifolium alexandrinum (PDF - 26Kb)
• Faba bean Vicia faba (PDF - 24Kb)
• Grasspea Lathyrus sativus (PDF - 14Kb)
• Greenleaf desmodium Desmodium intortum (PDF - 19Kb)
• Hairy vetch Vicia villosa (PDF - 26Kb)
• Jackbean Canavalia ensiformis (PDF - 17Kb)
• Lablab Lablab purpurens (PDF - 22Kb)
• Lima bean Phaseolus lunatus (PDF - 18Kb)
• Mung bean Vigna radiata (PDF - 25Kb)
• Pigeon pea Cajanus cajan (PDF - 23Kb)
• Rice bean Vigna umbellata (PDF - 24Kb)
• Soya Glycine max (PDF - 15Kb)
• Stylo Stylosanthes guianensis (PDF - 25Kb)
• Sunhemp Crotalaria juncea (PDF - 11Kb)
• Velvetbean Mucuna pruriens (PDF - 15Kb)
• White sweetclover Melilotus alba (PDF - 18Kb)
• White tephrosia Tephrosia candida (PDF - 25Kb)
• Winged bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (PDF - 15Kb)

Research Papers

• A Review of the Use of Urban Waste in Peri-Urban Interface Production Systems (1998) Allison M, Harris PJC, Hofny-Collins AH, Stephens W. HDRA, Coventry, UK. 34pp. ISBN 0 905343 23 9
• Manure Management in the Kenya Highlands: Practices and Potential (1999) Lekasi JK, Tanner JC, Kimani SK, Harris PJC. HDRA, Coventry, UK. 35pp. ISBN 0 905343 25 5.
  2nd edition.
  • Download Manure management (PDF - 700Kb)

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Trade and Certification

Leaflets

• How to certify organic produce for export to Europe (PDF - 150Kb)

Research Papers

• Facilitating the Inclusion of the Resource-Poor in Organic Production and Trade: Opportunities and Constraints Posed by Certification (2001) Harris PJC, Browne AW, Barrett HR and Cadoret K
  • Download Facilitating the resource poor (PDF - 315Kb)
• Organic Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: Farmer Demand and Potential for Development (1998) Harris PJC, Lloyd HD, Hofny-Collins AH, Barrett AR and Browne AW. HDRA, Coventry, UK. 14pp. ISBN 0 905343 22 0
  • Organic Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF - 159Kb)

Resource Lists

• Organic trade and markets (PDF - 119Kb)
• Useful literature on organic growing in the tropics (PDF - 161Kb)

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Water Harvesting and Conservation

Booklets

• Water Harvesting and Conservation (PDF - 1Mb)

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Kiswahili Resources

• Agroforestry in the Tropics - Kiswahili version (PDF - 270Kb)
• Composting in the Tropics I - Kiswahili version (PDF - 318Kb)
• Composting in the Tropics II - Kiswahili version (PDF - 314Kb)
• Farmer seed saving - Kiswahili version (PDF - 307Kb)
• Green Manures / Cover Crops - Kiswahili version (PDF - 220Kb)
• Moringa oleifera: a multi-purpose tree - Kiswahili version (PDF - 334Kb)
• Natural Pest and Disease Control - Kiswahili version (PDF - 189Kb)
• Planting out firewood and fodder species - Kiswahili version (PDF - 616Kb)
• Raising Firewood and Fodder Trees in Nurseries - Kiswahili version (PDF - 236Kb)
• Termite control without chemicals - Kiswahili version (PDF - 145Kb)
• The Neem Tree - Kiswahili version (PDF - 271Kb)

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