1. 14/6/2014 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #21 The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a promising rice-farming methodology that is able both to lower production costs—of seed, fertilizer, chemicals, and water—and to increase yield by enabling each rice plant to reach its full potential. However,...
  2. 8/6/2017 Feed Options for Ruminants in the Tropics Creating a Low-Cost Seed Dryer for Local Seed Banks
  3. This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 31. The amazing multi-stomached ruminant comes in many forms, with varied nutritional requirements. Ruminants are even-toed, cloven-hoofed, four-legged, cud-chewing mammals of the suborder Ruminantia (within order Artiodactyla). Cattle, water buffalo, goats,...
  4. Recurso clave Este artículo aparece en ECHO Asia Note # 31. Almacenar sus propias semillas puede ser una manera económica de poder tener acceso a semilla para sembrar en el futuro y ayudar a mantener la biodiversidad vegetal del planeta. Ya sea que siembre las semillas que usted mismo almacenó, las regale a...
  5. 23/5/2017 This PPT presentation covered the following topics: Plant Biodiversity Local Seed Systems Introduction to Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) Identifying NUS In Your Area Field Work NUS Plant Profiles NUS Resources Opportunities & Challenges
  6. 23/5/2017 This presentation on Gree Manure Cover Cropsseeks to answer the question: How do we achieve all of these objectives (profitability, practically, resiliency, reduced reliance on fossil-fuels, sustainability) when land is limited/degraded, inputs are unavailable or unattainable, labor is scarce,...
  7. 23/5/2017 This PPT is an introduction and discussion on "Integrated Pest Management." Integrated Pest Management is:"An ecological approach to pest management that understands the causes of outbreaks, how to manipulate ecosystems and how to evaluate thresholds to determine if control is needed"
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  9. [Editor’s Note: This article seeks to address the broader challenges of food security in refugee camp environments, of which there are many within our Asia region, while offering individual practical options that may be implemented to address the need for nutritional diversity in these...