Doubling Corn Yields in Timor Leste with Less Work (and the Help of Lehe)!

On December 23, 2013, in Crop identification & development, by Alexia Skok
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(Tetum) MAF-SoL has been researching the positive impacts of growing Lehe, velvet bean in English, in cornfields to improve soil fertility.  Lehe is a legume that fixes nitrogen in the soil, increases organic matter and creates a mulch cover that smothers weeds. (more…)

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10 things you may not know about Seeds of Life

On October 11, 2013, in Crop identification & development, English, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) How much do you know about the Seeds of Life program? Here’s 10 facts you may not know. (more…)

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Lehe in Viqueque makes weeding a breeze

On March 11, 2013, in English, Uncategorized, by Nick Appleby
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The middle of the wet season is a busy time for most corn farming families, but one farmer in Viqueque has found a way to dramatically reduce his workload by using velvet bean, or lehe as the native plant is known in Timor-Leste.

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