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  1. A Beginners Guide to Small-Scale Tropical Agriculture

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    So you want to help people in the tropics. Beautiful! The tropics are waiting for you. No matter what your abilities, you can make life better for others in the tropics. Your concern for the physical and spiritual well-being of people can be translated into fruitful service. Your first asset is...
    Smallholder Farm Integrated Pest Ma... Integrated System Tropical Agriculture
     

  2. Production of Vegetable Fern (Diplazium esculentum Reytz.) Under Varying Levels of Shade

    2021-02-01 Several species of edible ferns exist around the world, ranging from the tropics to more temperate regions, and most commonly include the bracken ferns (Pteridium spp.), ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), and the Stenochlaena spp. ferns. However, the focus of this study is on the vegetable...
     

  3. A Toolkit of Resilient Agricultural Responses to Climatic Challenges in Tropical Asia

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #16 During the 2012 ECHO Agriculture Workshop in Yangon, 63 attendees representing at least 25 agriculture and community development organizations from across Myanmar were polled about their observations and opinions related to climate change. The vast majority...
    Asia
     

  4. Vegetable Production Through the Rainy Season

    2012-04-01 This article is found in ECHO Asia Note #13 The cool, dry season offers the best window for vegetable production in the tropics, assuming an adequate water supply. Pest and disease pressures are relatively low and temperatures are moderate. By contrast, the rainy season brings a combination of...
    Asia
     

  5. Seed Fairs: Fostering Local Seed Exchange to Support Regional Biodiversity

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #12 Introduction When you come across an especially promising local variety of a crop grown in your area, how can you enable other farmers to try out this variety? If a farmer gives you 30 seeds of an exceptional variety, how might you go about distributing...
    Asia
     

  6. Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Conservation

    2015-06-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #24 Increased awareness of the potential of neem tree by creating awareness of its potential would go a long way in promoting its acceptance for pest management and improvement of plant health, animal health, human health, and environmental health.
    Neem Asia
     

  7. Farm-Generated Feed: Hog Feed Production

    2015-08-01 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #25
    Asia
     

  8. The Use of Tropical Forages for Livelihood Improvement in Southeast Asia: A Focus on Livestock

    2015-02-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #23 In its simplest definition a forage is any plant material grazed or fed to livestock. However, a more specific definition that’s presented in this article focuses on plants (grasses and legumes) that are planted specifically to provide superior feed...
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  9. Substances Used for Biopest Management

    Integrated Pest Ma... Natural Herbicides Asia
     

  10. Potentially Important Food Plants of Vietnam

    2016-07-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Vietnam. 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...
    Asia