(Tetum) The Seeds of Life Climate Change Team have just collated 2012/2013 wet season data from the 20 automatic weather stations around the country.
These weather stations include sensors for rain, temperature, humidity (5 stations), radiation and wind speed. Two of the stations automatically transfer data to an internet site which is publicly available so you can access live weather data. (more…)
(Tetum) The Hon. Melissa Parke MP encouraged Timorese farmers to continue planting high-yielding varieties at a visit to a women’s seed production group in Liquica earlier this month.
As part of her three-day trip to Timor-Leste, the Australian Minister for International Development visited the MAF-SoL supported group “Haburas Agriculture” in Ulmera suco to see their maize and peanut harvests.
She encouraged the farmers to continue planting MAF-SoL varieties to produce more and better food for the Timorese people. (more…)
(Tetum) It was a battle of the taste buds at Loes Research Station in late-July as farmers and MAF-SoL researchers gathered to do a sweet potato blind taste test.
Ten varieties were compared for their sweetness, texture, and dryness, before two winners were awarded – a purple variety and a bright orange variety.
(Tetum) Over the last few months, Timor-Leste has been experiencing above average rainfall. There have been at least two major floods in June in the area of Viqueque and Ainaro. On 22 June, Betano experienced the highest rainfall on record for June with over 270mm in one day. This increased rainfall is related to increased sea surface temperatures in the Timor area.
