In East Africa and other regions, potato crops are currently threatened by a worm known as the potato cyst nematode. There could be new hope for protecting the plants, however, in the form of ...

For a potato farmer, there are few moments as discouraging as a run-in with the potato cyst nematode, which causes yellowing leaves and stunted spuds to be covered in legions. The pest has been ...

Did you know the average American uses seven trees a year in paper and wood products? That's two billion trees per year. One way to reduce our consumption by making art out of repurposed materials ...

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Wrapping yam seeds in biodegradable paper made from a mixture of unusable parts of banana plants and recycled cardboard boxes sharply increased yam size and yields in field tests conducted in Benin, ...

Inspired by designs using Japanese paper and made with paper handmade in Bali, Indonesia, these luminous sculptures designed by Alexis Dornier definitely evoke a feeling of nature. It is what makes ...

Field trials in Benin showed yam seeds wrapped in banana paper - with and without small amounts of a pesticide - resulted in larger yams and larger yam yields.