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Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains
The online version of a book about the less-understood grains from Africa. It discusses African rice, finger millet, fonio, sorghum, and some other grains.
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309049903/html/
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GrainGenes: A Database for Small Grains and Sugarcane
GrainGenes is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, oats, rye, and sugarcane. From the USDA.
http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/graingenes.html
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
(CIMMYT) - Non profit organisation that researches sustainable development of wheat and maize farming.
http://www.cimmyt.org
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The Rothamsted Research Association (RRA)
Links arable crop farmers to research scientists and the latest information on pests and diseases, particularly in cereals. (RRA was formerly known as ARIA.)
http://www.rothra.org/
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Alternative Wheat Cereals as Food Grains
Information on Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt, Kamut, and Triticale.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-156.html
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Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA)
In Mali, this organisation is moving its focus from research into sorghum, cowpea and millet, to improving the livelihoods of local farmers through access to technologies and enterprise development.
http://www.syngentafoundation.com/projects_programs_precad_overview.htm
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Organic Small Grain Production
This publication discusses how organic cultivation of these crops differs from standard practices, soil fertility, insect and disease management, weed management and marketing.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/smallgrain.pdf
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Tef: Post-harvest Operations
Tef is a staple food crop in Ethiopia. This article provides information on harvesting, threshing, cleaning, packaging and storage.
http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/text/ch16_01.htm
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Management of Grass Weeds in Winter Cereals
This technical notes outlines the problem and suggests management solutions through both husbandry and the use of herbicides.
http://www.sac.ac.uk/mainrep/pdfs/tn609grassweedswinter.pdf
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Annual Canarygrass
Factsheet on this grain crop with production practices and a life cycle similar to that of spring wheat or oats, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/cangrass.html
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