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ECHO North America: Introduction to Tropical Agriculture Development - January 2025
B.E., 20 Yanvar 2025 » C., 24 Yanvar 2025
ECHO North America, United States
Those interested in preparing for short to long-term involvement in international agriculture development are encouraged to participate in this five-day course. Topics and discussions will focus on improved food security and agricultural livelihoods for small-scale farmers in developing countries. Participants will be introduced to the complexities related to poverty and community development. They will also be introduced to principles and practices that contribute toward maintaining healt...
ECHO Asia: Tropical Agriculture & Development (TAD) Course
B.E., 3 Fevral 2025 » Ş., 8 Fevral 2025
Chiang Mai, Thailand
This 1-week course is designed for development workers, missionaries, and volunteers looking to engage their communities with low-cost, high-impact agricultural innovations and techniques. Participants will be introduced to various agricultural practices and technologies through classroom time and hands-on activities on the farm, learning to 'use what you have to make what you need.' This course is considered an 'introductory survey course' and will present a broad overview of many options...
The 8th ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium in collaboration with Hope International Burundi
Ç.A., 25 Fevral 2025 » C.A., 27 Fevral 2025
King's Conference Center (KCC), Burundi
We are soliciting potential presenters and attendees for the 8th ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium in collaboration with Hope International Burundi, to be held in Bujumbura from the 25th - 27th February, 2025, a three day sharing event to be held at the King's Conference Center (KCC) in Bujumbura, Burundi. The event will draw participants from all across East Africa to address issues of sustainable agriculture and appropriate technologies. We prefer presentations with practical informatio...
ECHO North America: TAD II: Food Forests, Garden Design and Planning
B.E., 7 Aprel 2025 » C., 11 Aprel 2025
ECHO North America, United States
This is a five day, hands-on course that will focus on food forests and garden design. By taking this course you will learn how to design and start a food forest in your own backyard. Participants will walk through the design process with professional designers, starting from setting goals, surveying the piece of land, building a base map, considering earthworks, and creatively designing around constraints. Attendees will be able to see and apply these principles to a small garden or a lar...
ECHO Asia: Tropical Agriculture & Development (TAD) Course
B.E., 2 İyun 2025 » Ş., 7 İyun 2025
ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center Chiang Mai, Thailand, Thailand
This 1-week course is designed for development workers, missionaries, and volunteers looking to engage their communities with low-cost, high-impact agricultural innovations and techniques. Participants will be introduced to various agricultural practices and technologies through classroom time and hands-on activities on the farm, learning to 'use what you have to make what you need.' This course is considered an 'introductory survey course' and will present a broad overview of many op...
Handbook of Animal Health
This is an amazing manual covering animal functions of all the major domestic animals. It contains an incredible amount of information in one volume. It is written in a simple, easy to understand style, supplemented with man...
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International Animal Health Consultants
a. Training - IAHC encourages participatory training through which individuals are empowered to identify their challenges and then design and carry out their own solutions.
b. Holistic - IAHC is committed to the de...
Best Practices in Promoting Livestock Among the Poor
This session will share learnings gained from collaborating with church partners for over 30 years, promoting integrated livestock projects across Africa. It will address some causes of success, frequent mistakes, and ways t...
Growing your garden together: How savings and agriculture can combine to multiply impact
Over the last 4 years, HOPE International has combined their experience in forming and supporting savings groups with the power of regenerative agriculture. Both the process and the outcomes – in success and failure – have r...
Can Innovation End Poverty?
How a combination of God's biblical story, asset-based development and design thinking is transforming how people solve challenges in their communities and with their own resources.