Indigenous African food crops and other useful plants

Drug crops are smaller and sometimes hidden in food plantations.

Increased production of agricultural crops for non food purposes offers the opportunity to utilize land that would have otherwise been an unexploited resource.

Crops and food supplies have dwindled, leaving nothing but desperation behind.

The coconut palm and breadfruit tree provide the main food crops.

All crops grown on the island are food or fodder crops, but the island is not self sufficient in these products.

Such staple food crops also can be modified to contain additional nutrients.

They are often also responsible for producing an income or food crops.

Food crops include rice, corn, ground nuts, soybeans, cassava and vegetables. 30

WFP (non food)

Likewise, modern energy crops increase deforestation, displace agriculture, and push up food prices.

Millet, rice, corn, and sorghum are the primary food crops grown in Senegal.

Women apos s role in maintaining bio diversity (food, crops) will be considered.

As populations grow, biotechnology can help raise the productivity of major food crops.

Both of those databases are computerized and are used in regular publications, such as Food Outlook, Food Crops and Shortages and Food Aid in Figures.

Encouraging a shift to legal cash crops and food requires time and heavy investment.

That said, many African countries are not self sufficient in food production, relying on income from cash crops to import food.

Leguminous crops harvested green for food, such as snap peas, snow peas, and so on, are not considered beans, and are classified as vegetable crops.

In 1995 1996, the size of areas devoted to rapeseed growing for fuel reached 615,000 hectares, representing a large part of the 968,000 hectares devoted to non food crops.

In contrast, production of tradeable goods largely based on primary commodities in Africa has tended to work against women, who predominate in the production of non tradeable food crops.

Other non food 179 000

C. Non food relief items

Noting that efforts are currently aimed at increasing the production of food crops for local consumption,

Genetically engineered food crops, in my view, as a biologist, have no reason to be controversial.

Currently, efforts are aimed at increasing the production of vegetables and other food crops for local consumption.

C. Non food assistance . 33 55 8

C. Non food assistance . 36 55 9

The United Nations and non governmental organizations mobilized immediate assistance, including food, non food items, medicine, water and shelter materials.

Food distribution covered needy refugees food was also provided to needy non refugees in cooperation with local non governmental organizations.

We shall not find a single foot of earth that can be planted with crops to raise food.

24 FAO, quot Global information and early warning system on food and agriculture food crops and shortages quot , Special report No. 2 (March April 1994), p. 2.

One more subject. Genetically engineered food crops, in my view, as a biologist, have no reason to be controversial.

Some studies show that women are responsible for 25 of the production of major crops and 30 for food.

It evaluated the wheat and coarse grain crops estimate and advised the international donor community on food aid requirements.

Noting that efforts in American Samoa are currently aimed at increasing the production of food crops for local consumption,

Towards the end of each planting season, field missions are dispatched to assess the food supply and nutritional situation in the country, the level of food crops produced locally and the likely supplies of imported food and food aid.

C. Non food relief items . 25 27 7

This world trading of goods, plants, animals, and food crops saw exchange in the Old World and the New World.

Besides commercial fertilizers and food waste, biogas plants increasingly process energy crops such as cereals, maize (whole plants) and grass.

Speaking of risk, we have seen that price volatility of food crops in Africa is the highest in the world.

That plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops.

Many worry that non food prices may rise higher.

Responsible for the sector of non food relief items.

7. Food Aid 1991 1992 via non governmental organizations

Contributions for non food activities amounted to 20 million.