Recursos Etiquetado: Maize

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  1. Legume Intercropping with Moringa and Maize

    26/3/2015 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

    5/4/2016 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...
    Pigeon Pea Chaya Maize Quality Protein Maize Green Manures and ... Latin America and ...

  3. Ahorrar para crecer en la práctica: guía para la producción sostenible de cereales

    La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura) ha elaborado una guía sobre la intensificación de la producción de cultivos de forma sostenible. Un resumen de la guía expresa, “El modelo ‘Ahorrar para Crecer’ de intensificación de la producción de cultivos propuesta...
    Grain Crops Cereals Sustainable Agricu... Maize System of Rice Int...

  4. Un enfoque exitoso para el cultivo en el campo en el Sur de África

    1/1/2008 En 2005, el gerente de la finca de ECHO, Danny Blank, tomó un período sabático de tres meses como “reportero agrícola ambulante” para ECHO, visitando varios países en el sudeste de África. Lance Edwards, un antiguo empleado de ECHO que ahora trabaja en el desarrollo agrícola en la región, le...
    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

    18/11/2015 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. Un patrón de cultivo intercalado “2:4:2” Maíz/Legumbres

    18/10/2016 Al realizar una investigación sobre el cultivo intercalado de legumbres en Sudáfrica (2010-2015), miembros del personal de ECHO descubrieron un sistema de producción de cereal/caupí desarrollado en Nigeria a través de una investigación realizada por el Instituto Internacional de Agricultura...
    242 Intercropping ... Maize Legume Intercropping Conservation Agric... Strip Cropping

  7. Upland maize production systems: Strategies for sustainability

    15/11/2016 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

    19/7/1999 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

    1/10/2002 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.
    Green Famine Famine Maize Sorghum Millet Cassava Drought Farming Systems

  10. Proteger el maíz con “malezas”

    1/10/2002 En Africa oriental y del sur, las larvas de los insectos barrenadores del tallo y la striga (Striga hermonthica, una maleza parásita) causan enormes pérdidas en los campos de maíz. Juntos, las dos plagas pueden destruir todo un cultivo. El Centro Internacional de Fisiología de Insectos...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Crop Pests Maize