Agrodok  Popular series of 44 books on small-scale sustainable agriculture, published by the Agromisa Knowledge Centre for Small Scale Sustainable Agriculture, based in Wageningen in the Netherlands. Agromisa is linked to Wageningen University and Research Centre, one of the world's leading research institutes on tropical agriculture. Agromisa operates a worldwide online Question-and-Answer Service on small-scale sustainable agriculture and rural development issues, working with Wageningen University and Research Centre staff members and graduates and a network of organisations with expertise in specific fields, free-of-charge to individuals and intermediate organisations in developing countries. Agromisa:

http://www.agromisa.org/



The Agrodok books focus on the tropics, but the information is relevant anywhere. Clear and concise but thorough illustrated guides, savvy, written from experience, well presented.



Titles cover compost preparation and use, soil fertility management, green manuring, erosion control, water harvesting, soil moisture conservation, fruit growing, the vegetable garden, urban agriculture, agroforestry, soya and other legumes, seed production, mushrooms, greenhouses, granaries, storage, preservation of foods, crop protection, donkeys for traction and tillage, pigs, chickens, goats, dairy cattle, fish, rabbits, ducks, bees and honey, marketing, cooperatives.



In English, French, many also in Portuguese and Spanish.



Download: All 44 Agrodok books are available for free download as pdf files from the Agromisa website: http://www.agromisa.org/. Select Publications > Agrodok series > click on the “Show publications” button. There are four pages listing the titles. Click on the title you want. See “Download”: right click on the Acrobat logo and choose "Save Target As" to download the book. Click on “Go back to Publication List” at the end of the page to select further titles to download. .



34 of the Agrodok books can be downloaded direct from the Small Farms Library, see list below.

Agrodok publications list