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13647: Lyall asks "leguminous trees?" (fwd)
From: J. David Lyall <david@lyalls.net>
It was my copy of the Economist where we saw the
report on "leguminous trees" from some UN development
group.
What are these mysterious beanish trees?
>From: ForHaiti@aol.com
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> Or maybe they could promote the growing of leguminous trees that
> grow eight
> feet in a year, replenish the soil and then can be used for
> firewood. (Saw
> it in the economist a few months back)
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>We started the tree project with the charcoal ladies in the north,
>coaching
>them on planting in rotation so they can harvest the smaller branches in
>rotation, they can plant them around someone's garden, given them proper
>patchy
>shade for the garden, the leaves fall and fertilize -- win, win for
>everyone.
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