Christian Science Monitor: When he started tending this field, not long after the end of his country’s long civil war in 1992, Joao Jongue’s neighbors thought he was foolish, even crazy. He didn’t burn the cornstalks at the end of the season, but left them on the earth to rot. He mixed tomatoes and peanuts in with the corn. When mice started eating the decomposing vegetables, rather than clear the field, he brought in cats. "My partner, he didn’t agree with this sort of farming," says Mr. …
Taking the fire out of farming in Africa
Christian Science Monitor: When he started tending this field, not long after the end of his country’s long civil war in 1992, Joao Jongue’s neighbors thought he was foolish, even crazy. He didn’t burn the cornstalks at the end of the season, but left them on the earth to rot. He mixed tomatoes and peanuts in with the corn. When mice started eating the decomposing vegetables, rather than clear the field, he brought in cats. "My partner, he didn’t agree with this sort of farming," says Mr. …
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