Cheers to erosion

cg.contributor.affiliationTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99605
cg.issn1011-0054
cg.journalSpore
cg.number101
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlands
cg.subject.ctaNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
cg.subject.ctaENVIRONMENT
dc.contributor.authorTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-16T09:12:08Zen
dc.date.available2014-10-16T09:12:08Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/47703
dc.titleCheers to erosionen
dcterms.abstractNot all spin-offs are harmless. Take the case of blue agave (Agave tequilana) a plant from which Mexicans make the liquor Tequila which was introduced to control erosion in southern Africa 10 years ago. A company in the Graaff-Reinet area in...en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCTA. 2002. Cheers to erosion. Spore 101. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.en
dcterms.descriptionNot all spin-offs are harmless. Take the case of blue agave (Agave tequilana) a plant from which Mexicans make the liquor Tequila which was introduced to control erosion in southern Africa 10 years ago. A company in the Graaff-Reinet area in South Africa is distilling a Tequila-like spirit from it and selling it to passers-by on the N1 highway linking Cape Town and Johannesburg driving home the road s reputation as the most dangerous in the nation.en
dcterms.isPartOfSporeen
dcterms.issued2002
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
dcterms.typeNews Item

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