Resources Tagged: Echo Resources

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  1. Population and Food Security Challenges in Ngorongoro District

    2017-02-08 Ngorongoro District, part of the Serengeti Ecosystem witnessed a human population growth from approximately 25,000 in the early sixties to 200,000 people in 2016, predominantly pastoralist Maasai. Pastoralism as we know it today can be combined with photo tourism and game hunting activities for...
    Food Security Population Pastoralism Economic Alternatives Pastoralist Maasai Serengeti ECHO Resources East Africa

  2. Combating East Coast Fever through ECF-ITM vaccination

    2014-10-27
    Bovine Goats Sheep Livestock ECF Sheep Industry Goat Industry ECHO Resources East Africa

  3. Silvopastoral Systems in Brazil

    2016-11-15 This presentation will focus on the potential use of silvopastoral systems (SPS) in Brazil to fight the increasing of land degradation and will describe the specific characteristics of SPS in the different ecological regions of the country. We will also consider management aspects, ecosystems...
    Silvopasture Silvopastoral Systems ECHO Resources

  4. Techniques and Resources for Fast Growing Hot Weather Vegetable Gardening in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

    1989-01-01 The intent of this book is to create better vegetable gardening practices, not only in Haiti but in other places with hot climates. It is our belief that home gardening is the most neglected art in today's society, and by far, it has the greatest economic and environmental impact of any practice....
    Vegetable gardening Haiti ECHO Resources

  5. Nutritious Annuals & Short-Term Crops for a Healthy Diet

    2006-12-08 This publication includes information on dryland farming and finding the best crops for a tropical subsistence farm. ECHO HANA (Health/AIDS/Nutrition/Agriculture) workshop, Dec. 8, 2006 30 pages, illustrated, tables 2 copies
    Nutrition Education Nutrition Developing countries ECHO Resources

  6. ECHO Community Garden Toolkit

    This booklet is a helpful resource to starting a community garden! with the goal of "Connecting community agriculture projects locally and globally"ECHO Community Garden Toolkitprovides information on Garden location, accessibility of water, plant and soil life, education and saftey, site...
    Community Gardens Agriculture training Community Resources ECHO Resources Community Supporte...

  7. Soil Density, Structure & Salinity (Intro to Soil Science Session 2 part 2 with field demo)

    This video is Session 2 part 2 of our ongoing training on "Introduction to Soil Science." This training gives a broad overview and introduction to some basic soil characteristics: phases (solid, liquid, gas), texture, density, structure, reaction (pH), plant-water relationships, organic matter,...
    Soil Soil Structure Soil Density Soil Management Soil Porosity ECHO Resources Asia

  8. Opciones para los agricultores de pequeña escala

    2017-12-19 Opciones para los agricultores de pequeña escala es un libro lleno de opciones prácticas para aquellos que trabajan para ayudar a los agricultores a pequeña escala y jardineros urbanos en los trópicos y subtrópicos, muchos que luchan para producir suficiente comida para sostener a sus familias. ¿...
    Urban Gardening Smallholder ECHO Resources

  9. The Power of Information - Rod Sebastian

    In 2014 Rod Sebastian biked around the country of Burundi in Africa. As part of his gear he carried two "thumb drives" that he had received during training at ECHO. When Rod shared the ECHO resources on those drives with an agricultural development worker, it started a relationship that he...
    ECHO Resources East Africa

  10. Resources for Nutrition Assessment and Planning

    2012-12-20
    ECHO Resources Nutritional Value