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Seeds of Life is Searching for an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development to be our new Training Program Support Officer!

On January 6, 2014, in AYAD, English, by Alexia Skok
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Would you like to use your skills and experience to volunteer in a developing country?

The Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) Program sends young Australians aged 18-30 on short term volunteer assignments (3-12 months) throughout Asia, the Pacific and Africa. These assignments are part of the Australian Volunteers for International Development program, an Australian Government initiative.

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12 more commercial seed producers registered, brings total to 31

On December 30, 2013, in NSSRV, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) Twelve farmers’ associations in Baucau, Lautem and Viqueque received their official MAF Seed Department registration certificates qualifying them as Commercial Seed Producers (CSPs) last week, bringing the total of registered producers nationwide to 31.

 That’s a 10 times expansion of the three initial CSPs licensed to produce seed last cropping. (more…)

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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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Distributing more nutrition through Moringa

On December 19, 2013, in English, Nutrition, by Kate Bevitt
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(Tetum) There could be 10,000 more Moringa trees growing in Timor-Leste, following Seeds of Life’s distribution of 1,000 packets of Moringa seeds to farmers in November and December.

Each packet contains 15 seeds, 10 black poly bags and an information sheet. (more…)

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