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Resources Tagged: Grain Crops

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  1. Amaranth Potential for the Highlands of Southeast Asia in View of Lessons Learned in East Africa

    2009-04-01 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #1 Based on the experiences of CRWRC and its collaborating partnering organizations in East Africa, the introduction of grain and vegetable amaranths shows real potential for the highlands of Southeast Asia. Grain amaranth should be seen and managed as a high...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Drought Tolerant P... Agriculture Extension Grain Crops Nutrition Health and Nutrition Amaranth Asia

  2. CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

    CGIAR’s first results-oriented Strategy and Results Framework (SRF) was developed in 2010, providing for first time an overarching structure for the combined work of CGIAR Centers delivery through 16 CGIAR Research Programs (CRP),steering the CGIAR system to overall delivery of impact. The 2010 –...
    Aquaponics Animal Production Grain Crops Key Resource Root Crops Salt Tolerance Water

  3. Sprouting Grains

    2010-07-20 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...

  4. Lost Crops of Africa. Volume 1: Grains

    1996-04-19 The species covered include: African rice, finger millet, fonio (acha), pearl millets, sorghums (subsistence, commercial, specialty, and fuel and utility types), tef, other cultivated grains (guinea millet, emmer, irregular barley, and Ethiopian oats), and wild grains.
    Grain Crops Underutilized Crops

  5. Lessons Learned from the Spread of SRI in Cambodia

    2009-07-01 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

  6. 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

  7. Low temperature & solar grain drying handbook.

    1980-01-01 Prepared under the direction of the Solar Energy subcommittee of the Midwest Plan Service. 86 pages, illustrated
    Solar Drying Grain Crops

  8. Protection of Stored Grains and Pulses

    2000-01-01 This booklet gives a description of the main storage pests together with preventive and protective practices. Special attention is given to the use of natural materials in protecting storage productions. Also included is some information on chemical treatment of stored products against pests. #18...
    Grain Legumes (Pul... Grain Storage Grain Grain Crops Cereals

  9. Pulse Crops of India

    1970-01-01 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

  10. Oats

    Agronomy 523 X Contains different sections, each with own page numbers, illustrated, photos
    Barley Grain Crops Oats