13647: Lyall asks "leguminous trees?" (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

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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