Resources Tagged: Grain Crops

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  1. Lessons Learned from the Spread of SRI in Cambodia

    01.07.2009 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #2 In a 2001 ECHO Development Notes article, “SRI, the System of Rice Intensification: Less can be more,” ECHO first reported on SRI’s radical rice production steps including: Transplanting rice seedlings when the first two leaves have emerged, usually sometime...
    Adoption of New Te... Farming Systems Grain Crops Rice System of Rice Int... Asia

  2. Amaranth Grain & Vegetable Types

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    01.01.1983 Amaranth [Amaranthus hypochondriacus, A. cruentus (grain type) & A. tricolor (vegetable type)] is an herbaceous annual with upright growth habit, cultivated for both its seeds which are used as a grain and its leaves which are used as a vegetable or green. Both leaves and seeds contain...
    HIV/AIDS Leafy Vegetables Grain Crops Amaranth

  3. Underutilized Crops for Small Farm Abundance

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    09.02.2018 Traditional diets included a wide variety of ingredients from myriad wild and domesticated plants. Regional cuisines were shaped by native species in their local environment and by gradually-adopted plants from distant places. The modern global food system and market pressures have reversed this...
    Grains Grain Crops Pulses Grain Legumes (Pul... Perennial Vegetables Leafy Vegetables Squash and Gourds ... Underutilized Crops

  4. Sprouting Grains

    20.07.2010 Wafula Ferdinand, coordinating officer for Biogardening Innovations, wrote to us regarding the article in EDN 106 on sprouting cereals for food. “Many thanks for the rich information that your organization has been sharing world wide. I am an ECHO network member and receive your hard copy of...
    Sprouting Grain Crops ECHO Development N...

  5. Small Farm Grain Storage: Enemies of Stored Grain, Vol. 2 (Appropriate Technologies for Development)

    09.01.1976 This is the second in a set of three how-to manuals that together provide a comprehensive overview of storage problems and considerations as they relate to the small farmer. Vol 2 is is an in-depth study of two major enemies: insects and rodents. 169 pages, illustrations
    Diseases and Pest Pest Control Disease Control Grain Crops Agriculture Develo... Appropriate Techno... Grain Storage

  6. Pulse Crops of India

    01.01.1970 Pulses constitute a group of crops of the legume family which, with the helpof the bacteria in their root nodules, fix atmospheric nitrogen and improve the soil fertility. This book includes multiple authors writing on the group of grain crops (pulse) that are being planted in India.Pulse Crops...
    Soya bean Soybeans Cowpea Grain Crops Legumes India

  7. Good Gardening and Growing Root and Grain Crops in Cameroon

    01.01.2002 This book is designed as a simple introduction to good gardening and root crops in Cameroon. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very...
    Grain Crops Root Crops Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  8. Maize

    Maize is an annual, warm-climate crop in the grass family, thriving in open sunny environments with daytime temperatures of 20-24C. Maize is used fresh, frozen, canned, rolled and roasted for corn flakes, pressed for oil, or processed for ethanol as fuel. Maize is also an important feed source...
    Maize Grain Crops Latin America and ... Asia Africa North America

  9. Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Volume 3 Cocona to Mango

    Key Resource 20.01.2011 While products such as bananas, pineapples, kiwifruit and citrus have long been available to consumers in temperate zones, new fruits such as lychee, longan, carambola, and mangosteen are now also entering the market. Confirmation of the health benefits of tropical and subtropical fruit may also...
    Mango Tropical Fruit Great Britain Europe Grain Crops Postharvest Diseas... Postharvest Physio... Subtropical Fruits

  10. Field Problems of Tropical Rice

    This manual is designed to help agricultural field workers identify the most common problems of rice in the tropics. The text is non-technical: common names have been used exclusively (scientific names of insets may be found on p. 48, 49).
    Grain Crops Tropical Agriculture Diseases and Pest Disease Control Rice