AlertNet: The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched an online cropping calendar to guide the aid community in giving appropriate seeds in the wake of floods, droughts and other natural disasters.
Seed aid is a growing business, with private companies and donors ramping up their donations to developing countries in recent years.
"Where there is an emergency they need to know quickly when the next planting season is and what crops will be grown," an FAO spokeswoman told AlertNet.......
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Online seed selection tool launched to help fight hunger in Africa
Posted by AlertNet: Katy Migiro on November 13th, 2010
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