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ECHO North America: July 2025 Bundle & Save TAD I & TAD II
Mon, 7 July 2025 » Fri, 18 July 2025
ECHO North America, United States
July 2025, ECHO North America will be hosting back-to-back trainings for TAD I and TAD II! Introduction to Tropical Agriculture Development (TAD I) will be July 7-11! For more details that relate specifically to this training please use this link for more information. TAD II: Syntropic Agroforestry will be July 15-18! For more details that relate specifically to this training please use this link for more information. You can Register for BOTH events for a reduced cost per train...
ECHO North America: Introduction to Tropical Agriculture Development - July 2025
Mon, 7 July 2025 » Fri, 11 July 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 h...
ECHO North America: TAD II - Syntropic Agroforestry July 2025
Tue, 15 July 2025 » Fri, 18 July 2025
ECHO North America, United States
Introduction to Syntropic Agriculture This is an interactive 4-day agroforestry training session. Learn how to cultivate abundant food and timber in a system that mimics a natural forest. Syntropic farming is a method inspired by Ernst Götsch. This course will cover the principles and practices needed for a beginner to plant his/her own agroforest. Basic design and management skills will also be taught. An attendee can expect to return home with enough knowledge to produce a couple ...
Innovation Exchange Conference, hosted in collaboration with ECHO East Africa and Watersheds Foundation
Wed, 16 July 2025 » Fri, 18 July 2025
Uhuru Hostel & Conference Centre in Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Kind Greetings from ECHO East Africa. We are delighted to ask you to participate and present at our upcoming Innovation Exchange Conference organised by ECHO East Africa in collaboration with the Watersheds Foundation. The conference will focus on Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies. This event will take place between 16th to 18th July 2025 at the Uhuru Hostel & Conference Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. Innovative ideas by groups funded ...
ECHO Asia: การอบรมหลักสูตร การพัฒนาและการทำเกษตรในเขตพื้นที่ร้อนชื้น Agriculture & Development Course - Thai Language
Mon, 4 August 2025 » Sat, 9 August 2025
ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center, Chiang Mai ศูนย์การเรียนรู้และธนาคารเมล็ดพันธุ์ เอคโค่ เอเชีย อำเภอสันทราย จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ , Thailand ประเทศไทย
หลักสูตรการอบรมนี้ถูกออกแบบขึ้นเพื่อเป็นประโยชน์ต่อ ผู้ที่ทำงานด้านการพัฒนา มิชชั่นนารี และอาสาสมัคร ที่กำลังมองหาแนวทางในการประยุกต์ใช้ทักษะและเทคนิคด้านการทำการเกษตรที่มีประโยชน์และมีต้นทุนต่ำในการทำงานกับชุมชน ผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมจะได้เรียนรู้และฝึกปฏิบัติเทคนิคการทำการเกษตรที่หลากหลายตลอดการอบรม เรียนรู้ที่จะใช้ประโยชน์จากที่มีตัวเองมีอยู่ให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด หลักสูตรนี้เปรียบเสมือนกับ หลักสูตรการเริ่มต้นสำรวจ ซึ่งผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมจะได้เรียนรู้ภาพรวมของหัวข้อและเทคนิคในการทำการเกษตรต่าง...
‘Georgia-1’ pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
Among our multi-purpose legumes, the ECHO Global Seed Bank offers a special variety of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) to include in small-farmer systems worldwide. ‘Georgia-1’ flowers and forms seed pods mostly at one time (semi...
Grow Fertility using Green Manure/Cover Crops
This system was piloted with a woman farmer in Malawi whose land had become nearly unusable. Our goal was to introduce a regenerative process that would help her restore soil fertility using accessible, scalable methods.
Is Aquaponics for me?
We hope that this aquaponics decision tree will help guide you through some of the initial questions to ask if you are considering venturing into the world of aquaponics.
Should I Apply for Organic Certification?
Organic certification can open premium markets and strengthen sustainable farming practices, but it also requires time, meticulous record-keeping, and significant financial investment. This article helps those working with s...
Integrated Rice-Based Shrimp and Crabs Farming: Adaptation to Climate Change and Potential Mitigation of Global Warming in the Coastal Wetlands of Bangladesh
Ali, M. , Haque, S. , Sohrawardi, K. , Fazlay Rabbi, S. , Sarkar, S. , Hiya, H. , Huda, F. , Malakar, S. , Rahman, M. and Ahammed, M. (2023) Integrated Rice-Based Shrimp and Crabs Farming: Adaptation to Climate Change and Po...
Stories of Transformation
This book is a collection of stories of transformation in the lives of individual people and communities that the author recounts from his many years of involvement in development work. It traces significant aspects of tran...
Impact of Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases, and Climate Change on Global Agriculture
Proceedings of a symposium held in Anaheim, CA, Dec. 1988. A detailed review of the current research. Several international agronomists assess the current status of scientific knowledge about the existing role of greenhouse ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Success Stories from Farming Communities Around the World
To ensure a food-secure future, farming must become climate resilient. Around the world, governements and communities are adopting innovations that are improving the lives of millions while reducing agriculture's climate fo...
Cultural Intelligence
Twenty-first-century society is diverse, and Christians mjust be able to understand other cultures and communicate effectively between and among them. Following up on the bestsellling Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teen...
Sesbania rostrata: A Green Manure Production System for Rice
A researcher in the Sri Lankan national agricultural research system began screening a number of green manure crops for biomass production and N-content. Sesbania rostrata stood out among the species that were screened (othe...