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700-year-old West African soil technique could help mitigate climate change [1]

A farming technique practised for centuries by villagers in West Africa, which converts nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could be the answer to mitigating climate change and rev

Publication Date: 
17/06/2016
Environment News Network [2]
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Climate Change [3], Climate Mitigation [4], Africa [5], Agriculture [6], Liberia [7], Ghana [8]
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