tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57572200599949566202024-03-19T12:35:26.546+04:00News of Agriculture from Seychelles<b>Get news of Agriculture from Seychelles and find whats going on in the field of Agriculture. Get insight on world agriculture and experiences in key areas...
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This blog originates from a SADC ICART / Seychelles AIMS Learning team initiative</b>Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-16587529188659821592012-03-30T11:05:00.001+04:002012-03-30T11:19:36.372+04:00Manual for Best Practices in Soil Conservation and Soil Fertility Management
Press Release
Participant at the workshop
The farming community in Seychelles was recipients of copies of a Manual for Best Practices in Soil Conservation and Soil Fertility Management at a workshop held at Care House on Thursday 29th March.
Donating sets of manual
The manual was drafted by Mr Keven Nancy, the Principal Officer for Research and Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-27157160311958480052011-09-13T10:03:00.003+04:002011-09-13T11:05:14.013+04:00Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis)
Eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB) is a damaging pest of eggplant. Its larvae feeds inside eggplant fruit, making the fruit unmarketable and unfit for human consumption. Entire crop can be lost from EFSB damage.EFSB feeds almost exclusively on eggplant. It can infest crops in 4 main ways. The most common source of infestation is EFSB moths which fly in from neighboring eggplant fieldsSandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-5390937165440023952011-08-03T13:22:00.100+04:002011-08-06T10:51:36.422+04:00Quality, Affordable, Seychelles, Produce from West Hill Farm, MADE IN SEYCHELLES
West Hill Farm Promotional Material
Courtesy of Beryl Payet
Owned and run by husband and wife, Daniel & Beryl Payet, West Hill Farm was started in 2005 and is an affiliate company of West Way Farm which has been in existence for the last 15 yrs.
In 2005, West Hill Farm was just a dream, waiting to come true. Lots of hard work at hand and two willing people with an aspiration and above Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-56969730637595761572011-03-18T11:14:00.000+04:002011-03-18T11:14:59.329+04:00On-Farm Trials Workshop<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-66319485921581393912010-11-22T15:03:00.001+04:002010-11-23T08:02:53.939+04:00The Participation of the Seychelles Agricultural Agency in the Tourism Expo 2010
To celebrate the world tourism day, the Seychelles Tourism Board organized a Tourism Expo 2010. The Expo 2010 was held from Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th September at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles under the theme Tourism and Biodiversity. The president, Mr. James Michel was the special invited guest and the exposition was officially Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-28347193278217644342010-11-17T14:34:00.000+04:002010-11-17T14:34:42.784+04:00Seychelles Food Security Symposium to Mark the World Food Day 2010<!--[if !mso]>
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<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONESandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-24985390163450266782010-11-17T13:21:00.001+04:002010-11-17T13:25:07.894+04:00The Minister’s working visit on Praslin
The new minister with the portfolio for Industries, Natural Resources and Investment, Minister Peter Sinon effected a working visit on the Praslin, the second largest island of the Seychelles. The Minister was accompanied by top officials from the Departments of Natural Resources, Industries, and the Seychelles Agricultural Agency. Also present were the two District Administrators Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-9631633610170086442010-11-17T13:07:00.000+04:002010-11-17T13:07:45.555+04:00CLEAN UP THE WORLD CAMPAIGNE 2010<!--[if gte mso 9]> 800x600 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Sandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-73512248303706863932010-09-10T15:25:00.001+04:002010-09-10T15:26:04.762+04:00Seychelles participation in the 5th African Agricultural Science Week & FARA GA in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 19-25 July 2010The share fair on networking tools was a gathering of diverse and experienced individuals and actors who were eager to share with the participants of the 5thAfrican agriculture science week their own experiences and lessons learnt in the co-creation and co-learning concepts to build strong knowledge networks. The session was facilitated by the taskforce of RAILS and DONATA, two regionalSandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-35959660276552535422010-09-10T14:36:00.000+04:002010-09-10T14:36:41.507+04:00Seychelles Learning team members attended AICKM workshop in Pretoria South Africa 30th August- 3rd SeptemberSeychelles Learning Team members, participated in a follow-up Regional Workshop on Agriculutral Information, Communication and Knowledge Managemnet (AICKM) Strategy Development and Meeting of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Network of Agricultural R & D Information managers. The meeting was held at St. George Hotel, Pretoria, from 30th August to 3rd September 2010.
The mainSandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757220059994956620.post-11017330830611696052010-09-10T09:51:00.007+04:002010-09-10T13:41:34.276+04:00Seychelles participation at the ICART Scientific Symposium in Pretoria South Africa 6th-10th September, 2010A six members delegation from Seychelles is attending a Scientific Symposium organised by the Implementation & Coordination of Agricultural Research & Training(ICART) project of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) of the SADC from the 06‐11 September 2010 in Pretoria South Africa. The ICART project is closing on 31st December 2010, consequently, as a disseminationSandra Sinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081182483906782640noreply@blogger.com0