The real goal of PROTA was the description of the 10,000 useful plants in tropical Africa. By doing so, the project recovered local knowledge and inspired to renewed use of almost forgotten plants. PROTA also helped strengthen the social structure of small communities in Africa. Roel Lemmens, one of the remaining PROTA-contributors in Wageningen, speaks […]
In the beginning of the twentieth century a Dutch taxonomist published an overview of useful plants in the then Dutch Indies. Decades later, this work inspired scientists in Africa to ask for something alike, a question that in 2000 led Wageningen University to start describing the useful plants of tropical Africa, the PROTA project. It […]
Agromisa organised a trip for volunteers to the organic Titus Brandsma Farm in the Noordoostpolder on Saturday the 4th of June 2016. Asparagus cutting, strawberry picking, lunch, tea and a final super barbecue were the main ingredients of this beautiful summer day. We hope for many returns of such an event.
Agrodok 7 Goat keeping in the tropics and Agrodok 53 Crop residues for animal feed can now be ordered both in English as in French.
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