2023 Presentations - ECHO International Agriculture Conference
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2023-11-07 Andre Houssney has years of experience with farming and business both internationally and domestically. He currently operates and makes his living off Jacob Springs Farm located in Boulder, Colorado. He will be sharing his journey and learnings from life experiences connected to Agriculture,...
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2023-11-07 Dr. Lee Myers joined Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) as the Chief Executive Officer in January 2022. While on her second CVM short-term mission trip to Mongolia (1997), her teammate, Dr. Billy Myers, proposed and they were married shortly thereafter. The Myers have led CVM student short-term...
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2023-11-07 Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV). Reflections and learnings from the field. The speaker is from Cameroon and has owned and operated BUVs since 2016. He primarily uses them for farm-to-market transport and as a platform to share the Gospel. He intends to make many more BUVs available in Cameroon in...
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2023-11-07 In this session, participants can start building a project/farm tracking app from scratch using low code / no code tools. It is recommended that you attend the previous session from 1:30 to 2:30. Be sure you have a Google account (Gmail account) before attending this session. You will need to be...
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2023-11-08 Philip has worked in the rural water sector for 10 years, supporting projects across sub-Saharan Africa. His early years were spent with local WASH programs in Oklahoma City, such as Wishing Well and Rwandans4water. In 2015, Philip began partnering with Water4 through the University of Oklahoma...
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2023-11-08 Matthew received his bachelor's degree in Intercultural Studies from Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida in 2010. After university he worked in several places including World Hunger Relief in Waco, Texas. He and his wife, Karli, have served as missionaries in Rwanda with New International...
- 2023-11-08 Keith will be whetting your appetite for a Korean Natural Farming and JADAM that will be covered in more detail on Friday November 10th in the post conference workshop. He will go over some basic recipes you can make for remineralizing your soil and creating a vermicast microbial solution....
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2023-11-08 The speaker serves at Water4, a non-profit that integrates Clean Water, Economics, Job Creation, and Faith. http://edn.link/e9an7t
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2023-11-08 Take a magnified (literally) look at insects and learn about natural enemies – insects that serve as predators and parasitoids of other insects. We will consider the role of natural enemies in our agricultural ecosystems and discuss simple methods to promote their abundance and activity....
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2023-11-08 What is vermicomposting? This informative presentation will discuss the benefits of incorporating vermicomposting into agricultural operations from soil health, plant health, and human health perspectives, and discuss practical tips for vermicomposting at any scale. Those practices will be...
- 2023-11-09 This presentation showcases Infonet-Biovision, an online platform that promotes ecological technologies and organic agriculture in Africa. Initiated in 2005 by Biovision Foundation in Zurich, Infonet provides scientifically validated information related to plant, animal, human, and environmental...
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2023-11-08 Romina is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), University of Florida. Her long-term research goal is to understand the biology behind different plant diseases affecting local industries and natural landscapes and use...