Resources Tagged: Echo Resources

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  1. ECHOs from the Network: Integrated Pest Management on the Island of Bali

    29.05.2020 This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 42 On the island of Bali we have had recent challenges with the Sugarcane White Grub (Lepidiota stigma) consuming many different crops and frustrating local farmers. In Bali (and Sumatra) we call this pest ‘gayes’, in Javanese it is known as ‘urèt’. In our...
    IPM Pest Control Integrated Pest Ma... ECHO Resources Asia

  2. Pig Raising (Kalaymyo_Myanmar 2017)

    07.02.2017 Successful pig raising factors 1.Good breed 2.Good food 3.Good house 4.Good management 5.Good disease prevention
    Pigs Pig Feed Pig Farming ECHO Resources Asia

  3. LACN Issue #4

    22.02.2018 Green Leafy Vegetables and Powders for Improved Nutrition in Honduras Member Highlight: Elioena Arauz,Artists for Soup, Nicaragua Echoes from our Network: Deep Litter System ECHO Resource Highlight: Green Leafy Vegetables Technical Note Spotlight: "Linking Smallholder Farmers to Markets"
    Dark Green Leafy V... Economics Linking to Markets Deep Litter Pig Farming Pig Feed Home Garden School gardens Change Agents Leafy Vegetables Annual Leafy Greens Moringa Chaya Health and Nutrition Nutrition ECHO Resources Smallholder Farm Latin America and ...

  4. FMNR, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: Compilation of Information, Articles and EDNs

    Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration depends on the existence of living tree stumps in the fields to be re-vegetated. New stems which can be selected and pruned for improved growth sprout from these stumps.
    Sustainable Agrofo... Tree Planting FMNR ECHO Resources Forest Regeneration

  5. Asian Plant Name Databases

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #5 Communicating technical information among different language groups is challenging. For example, despite being familiar with the scientific, English and Tagalog common names for eggplant, how might an Asian development worker know what the Indonesians call...
    Plant Taxonomy Taxonomy ECHO Resources Asia

  6. Elements in the Soil needed for Plant Health (Intro to Soils Session 3 part 2)

    This video is Session 3 part 3 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,...
    ECHO Resources Plant Nutrition Soil science Soil Testing Asia

  7. Beekeeping in the Tropics

    01.07.2003 This is a collection of articles on beekeeping with information on the basics, differenct styles of hives such as frame hives and top-bar hives, and other information on bees in the tropics. 2 Copies
    Beehive Tropical Beekeeping Beekeeping ECHO Resources

  8. Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions

    Key Resource 01.01.1996 This is a book of practical ideas. It is written for people who help those who live and make their living under difficult conditions in the tropics and subtropics. What should a development worker do to assist a community? There are no simple answers, but there are many possibilities—plants,...
    Tropical crops Developing countries Food Crops-Tropics ECHO Resources

  9. Introduction to Tropical Root Crops

    Key Resource
    16.02.2015 Tropical root and tuber crops are consumed as staples in parts of the tropics and should be considered for their potential to produce impressive yields in small spaces. They provide valuable options for producing food under challenging growing conditions. Cassava and taro, for instance, are...
    Potatoes ECHO Resources Root Crops Sweet Potato Cassava Taro Yam

  10. True Potato Seed Has Many Advantages

    20.03.2000 Potatoes do produce seeds, so to help distinguish these from "seed potatoes" the seeds are called "true potato seeds" (TPS). It takes only 160 grams of TPS to seed one hectare (2.3 ounces/acre) and half that amount if seeds are used for transplants. That compares with over 2,000 pounds/acre of...
    Root Crops TPS Seeds ECHO Resources Seed Harvesting Seed Potatoes Potatoes