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Soil map presented at Soil Conference

On August 13, 2015, in Climate Change, English, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) Soil is the foundation of agriculture and 2015 is the International Year of Soil.  Seeds of Life (SoL) took part in the Soil Conference organized by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Dili, Timor-Leste on end of July to raise awareness on soil issues in agriculture. (more…)

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Improving health and welfare of farming communities through men

On July 29, 2015, in Community Development, English, Workshops, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) Seeds of Life (SoL) has begun piloting a Men’s Health Program (MHP) with some of MAF-SoL’s community and commercial seed production groups in the western municipality of Ermera as well as in four sucos in Raumoco watershed in the eastern municipality of Lautem that are already piloting participatory village development.

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More agricultural information at suco level now available

On June 22, 2015, in Climate Change, English, Maps, Weather, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetun) Seeds of Life has just released 109 suco information sheets for three more municipalities (Ainaro, Baucau and Manatuto) making a total of 389 of Timor-Leste’s sucos (village) from eleven municipalities have specific agricultural information and maps. These are now available for free access on the Seeds of Life (SoL) Google Drive. (more…)

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11 cassava cutting production centers in the country to provide fresh cuttings

On June 16, 2015, in Community Development, Community seed production, English, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetun) After maize and rice, cassava is the third most important staple crop of Timorese farming families. However, farmers can have difficulty accessing planting materials (cuttings) of the higher-yielding varieties MAF-SoL have researched and released into the National Seed System. (more…)

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