Resources Tagged: Maize

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  1. Legume Intercropping with Moringa and Maize

    2015-03-26 Through research in South Africa, ECHO has been developing best-practicesfor growing Moringa and other crops. This reasearch, through the Howard G. Buffet Foundation, demonstrates growing Moringaon a large scale for powder production including soil fertility management and pruning. This...
    Intercropping Maize Legume Moringa

  2. Network Member Profile: Semilla Nueva

    2016-04-05 The mission of Semilla Nueva is to develop locally-led farmer education programs that increase the income, rebuild the soils, and improve the food security of Guatemala’s rural poor. This ECHOcommunity network member organization is using farmer-to-farmer training to empower farmers with the...
    Chaya Maize Quality Protein Maize Green Manures and ... Pigeon Pea Latin America and ...

  3. Save and Grow in Practice: A Guide to Sustainable Cereal Production

    The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has put together a guide about intensifying crop production in sustainable ways. The guide’s overview states, “The ‘Save and Grow’ model of crop production intensification, proposed by FAO, aims at increasing both yields and...
    Grain Crops Cereals Sustainable Agricu... Maize System of Rice Int...

  4. A Successful Approach to Field Cropping in Southern Africa

    2008-01-01 This method encourages faithfulness with all that God has given us—sun, soil, rain, time, seed and harvest—in order to experience the God-given potential of the land. The technique involves permanent planting stations, lots of mulch using crop residues, and careful management.
    Foundations For Fa... Field Cropping Maize Farming God's Way Conservation Farming Farming Systems

  5. Maize – Legume Intercrop Based on IITA 2-4-2 Design

    2015-11-18 Dr. Motis and Betsy Langford were introduced to the 2-4-2 system by Dr. B.B. Singh at the Ukulima Farm research station in South Africa in Feb. of 2015. They subsequently planned and conducted this experiment with other legumes at the main ECHO campus in North Fort Myers, Florida.
    Intercropping Maize Jackbean Mucuna Cowpea Legume

  6. A "2:4:2" Maize/Legume Intercropping Pattern

    2016-10-18 While doing legume intercropping research in South Africa (2010-2015), ECHO staff members learned about a system of cereal/cowpea production developed in Nigeria through research by IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) and national partners (Ajeigbe et al. 2010a, Ajeigbe et al....
    242 Intercropping ... Maize Legume Intercropping Conservation Agric... Strip Cropping

  7. Upland maize production systems: Strategies for sustainability

    2016-11-15 Market forces in Southeast Asia have encouraged the proliferation of Hybrid Maize (Corn) production systems among marginalized smallholder farmers throughout upland areas. This presentation will describe that system and how the system can become more efficient in order to increase financial...
    Maize

  8. Introduction of Maize Hybrids to Areas Currently Using Open-Pollinated Varieties

    1999-07-19 In Honduras, after Hurricane Mitch, several NGO's working with small farmers were concerned that cross-pollination occurring between the hybrid maize variety and existing open-pollinated varieties would reduce yields of both traditional varieties and the new, improved open-pollinated varieties in...
    Maize Plant Breeding

  9. The Green Famine

    2002-10-01 It is not uncommon for people to rely on crops that are not the most suitable for their region. Here is an example from Ethiopia with some suggestions for alternatives.
    Famine Maize Sorghum Millet Cassava Drought Farming Systems Green Famine

  10. Protecting Maize with “Weeds”

    2002-10-01 A habitat management system to control stemborers and striga has been developed by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), along with Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), and IACR-Rothamsted of the UK. The system is called a...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Crop Pests Maize