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  1. EDN Issue #86

    2005/01/20 Loquat: A Fruit Tree Adaptable to Many Locations Extending the Life of your Seeds Tithonia and Lantana–An update Tithonia diversifolia as a termite repellent for protecting fruit trees in Central African Republic Traditional Plant Varieties and Low Fertility Soil

  2. ECHO quick photo guide of insect pest damage vs. other crop damage

    Key Resource
    2021/04/07 Insect feeding damageor other insect activity can look similar to many bacterial, fungal, or viral diseases or to plant nutrient deficiency symptoms. Before taking action against an assumed insect pest, verify that the symptoms you observe are not caused by a bacterial, viral, or fungal...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Pest Management Crop Monitoring

  3. Amaranth to Zai Holes

    AMARANTH TO ZAI HOLES;Ideas for growing FoodUnder Difficult Conditions (1996) Laura S. MeitznerandMartin L. Price This is a book of practical ideas. It is written for people who help those who live and make their living under difficult conditions in the tropics and subtropics. What should a...
    A2Z

  4. Tropical Forages: Rabbits

    This video overviews 5 tropical forages that are suitable to feed to rabbits: Mulberry -Morusspp. Tick Trefoil -Desmodium rensonii Napier/Elephant/Uganda grass -Pennisetum purpureum Red Mombin -Spondias purpurea Mexican Sunflower -Tithonia diversifolia
    ECHO Resources Rabbits Animal Feed Tropical Forages Mulberry Tick Trefoil Napier Elephant Grass Uganda Grass Red Mombin Mexican Sunflower JCC

  5. Perennial Vegetables - Larry Yarger (2010)

    Former ECHO staff member, Larry Yarger, presents this 6 part teaching. This is Part 1. Part 2 -https://youtu.be/EQCe5wIS4cY Part 3 -https://youtu.be/YrivkjVFwUo Part 4 -https://youtu.be/EgdDwDtkIug Part 5 -https://youtu.be/mhEixJ_ze2Q Part 6 -https://youtu.be/atdL6fU9ZaQ
    Perennial Vegetables

  6. The Untapped Potential of the Tropics - Danny Blank (2012)

    Danny Blank Extending the Growing Season, Nation-2-Nation, 2012 Danny Blank teaches tropical farmers how to take advantage of their climate to have year-round food production. With many helpful photos and illustrations, Blank lays out numerous strategies to dramatically increase the food supply...

  7. Nutrient Quantity vs Access

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    2014/01/01 In order to achieve high levels of agricultural productivity in the tropics at the lowest possible economic and ecological costs, we need to properly understand the relationship between nutrients in the soil and crop productivity. For this to happen, the current understanding needs to change. The...
    Soil Nutrients Ecological Restora... Soil Fertility Agricultural Produ...

  8. Vermiculture Basics & Vermicompost

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    2010/08/01 Worm or vermiculture is a useful technique for recycling kitchen and livestock wastes into a rich organic fertilizer, for producing high-protein feed for poultry and initiating a lucrative business selling worms and worm castings for the small farm. Worms are invaluable partners in building the...
    Red Worm Vermicompost Vermiculture Worm Casting

  9. Acid Soils of the Tropics

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    2002/01/01 Acidification of soil is a natural process with major ramifications on plant growth. As soils become more acid, particularly when the pH drops below 4.5, it becomes increasingly difficult to produce food crops. As soil pH declines, the supply of most plant nutrients decreases while aluminum and a...
    Soil Micronutrients Acidity Alkaline Nitrate Ammonium Fertilizer Lime Calcium Soil pH

  10. Foundations for Farming (FFF)

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    2012/01/01 Dawn Berkelaar, working with Dr. Martin Price and Danny Blank, featured this farming system in EDN 98. At that time, the technique was known as “Farming God’s Way” (FGW). Subsequently, the name was changed to “Foundations for Farming” (FFF); however, it continues to also be promoted as FGW. FGW...
    FFF Foundations For Fa... Conservation Agric... FGW

  11. Small Farm Resource Development Project

    Key Resource
    1993/06/01 During the course of each year a number of individuals working in community development spend some days studying and planning at ECHO. In reality their felt need is not so much for a bit more knowledge (study), but for a project plan for how they are going to proceed to help local farmers. A...
    Small Farm Resourc... Agricultural Devel...

  12. Selecting the Best Plants for the Tropical Subsistence Farm

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    2007/01/01 By Dr. F. W. Martin. Published in parts, 1989 and 1994; Revised 1998 and 2007 by ECHO Staff Though nearly all plants are useful in some way, they are not equally valuable. For example, wheat, rice and corn may be considered the most valuable plants in the world based on the vast acreage planted...
    Crop Selection Tropical legumes Tropical Fruit Tropical Food Crops Tropical Forages Tropical Trees Perennial Vegetables

  13. 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

  14. Underutilized Crops for Small Farm Abundance

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    2018/02/09 Traditional diets included a wide variety of ingredients from myriad wild and domesticated plants. Regional cuisines were shaped by native species in their local environment and by gradually-adopted plants from distant places. The modern global food system and market pressures have reversed this...
    Underutilized Crops Squash and Gourds ... Leafy Vegetables Perennial Vegetables Grain Legumes (Pul... Pulses Grain Crops Grains

  15. Earthbag Seed Banks

    Key Resource
    2020/06/29 Seed storage in the tropics has been a frequent topic of ECHO publications and trainings due to its importance to the smallholder farmer. Access to quality seeds is imperative for agronomic and horticultural crop production. While on-farm seed saving benefits the smallholder farmer, cooperative...
    earth building Earthbag House Seed Bank Seed Storage

  16. ECHO Technical Notes

    ECHO Tech Notes are subject-specific publications about topics important to those working in the tropics and subtropics. Our material is authored by ECHO staff and outside writers, all with experience and knowledge of their subject. These documents are free for your use and will hopefully serve a...

  17. Best Practices in Improving Degraded Land

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    2012/11/14 The UNCCD estimates that over 250 million people are affected by land degradation, and about 1 billion people in over 100 countries are at risk. According to the WMO, 33% of the world’s land surface is vulnerable to land degradation.Degraded lands lead to overall reduced productivity and reduced...
    Soil Management Soil improvemnt Saline Soils Land Degradation

  18. Assisting Pastoralists

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    2014/02/26 Pastoralism is a livelihood whereby people depend upon herding domesticated livestock. In East Africa, pastoralists depend primarily upon cattle, sheep, donkeys, goats and camels— listed in order of least resilience as one moves into drier and more arid lowland areas. Pastoralists play an...
    Pastoralist

  19. Best Practices in Conservation Agriculture

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    2016/09/28 Farmers in many parts of the world, because of human population growth, have little choice but to crop their land continuously, with scarce resources to replace nutrients withdrawn by each successive crop. Crop residues are often lost as a source of organic matter and mulch, usually through...
    Conservation Agric... Mulch Soil Conservation Plant Diversity Crop Diversity Soil Disturbance Soil Fertility Soil Remediation Soil Erosion

  20. ECHO West Africa Note Issue 1

    2017/08/01 Foundations For Farming, an alternative for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa How to prepare compost in 3 weeks? The preparation of organic liquid fertilizer eBook Release:Fundamentals of Agricultural Development epublication
    West Africa

  21. ECHO Notes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Numéro 2

    2018/01/03 Techniques de production avicole traditionnelle epublication:Options de restauration des sols improductifsetOptions où l'eau est rare
    Chickens Chicken chicken raising JCB West Africa

  22. ECHO Notes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Numéro 3

    2019/07/22 Le système de riziculture intensive (SRI) Qu'est-ce que le SRI ? Les étapes de mise en œuvre du SRI L'irrigation des plants Le sarclage et le sarclo-binage, quels sont les avantages ? Le rendement du SRI Etude comparée entre le SRI et la pratique traditionnelle de riziculture Intérêt du SRI...
    West Africa

  23. Low-Technology Techniques For The Vegetative Propagation Of Tropical Trees

    Abstract - Pennsylvania State University Stem cuttings of five tree species from dry and semi-arid woodlands (Acacia torti/is, Prosopis juliflora, Terminalia spinosa, Terminalia brownii and Albizia guachapele) and seven species from moist tropical forests (Cordia alliodora, Vochysia hondurensis,...
    Propagation Plant Propagation JCB

  24. Vegetative Propagation Techniques

    Perennial plants can be propagated in vegetative or generative ways. Fruit and nut trees are usually propagated by vegetative means using grafting methods. For this, there are two types of grafting methods: budding and grafting. Both of them are used for the same purpose - to create a new plant...
    Plant Propagation Perennial JCB

  25. FAO Field Manual on Vegetative Propagation (1993)

    Plants have two ways of reproduction, sexual by means of seeds, and asexually or vegetatively by means of vegetative tissue. Both ways occur in living plants in nature. In nature, some plants reproduce mainly vegetatively while others rely almost totally on sexual reproduction. For the plant...
    Propagation Plant Propagation FAO Seed Selection JCC Grafting

  26. How are allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves propagated?

    2000/03/20 Question from Chester Brinser (World Relief Nicaragua) . Reply by Danny Blank, nursery manager at ECHO.
    Fruit Trees Spice Trees Allspice Cinnamon Nutmeg Cloves

  27. Malaria & Neem

    While questions still remain about the dosage required in human beings, neem clearly has great potential in preventing malaria, a parasite that kills more than a million people per year. Several in vitro studies indicate significant protection, including one that concluded it was more effective...
    JCB Neem Malaria HIV/AIDS

  28. Do smallholder farmer-led seed systems have the capacity to supply good-quality, fungal-free sorghum seed?

    Abstract, Agriculture & Food Security, 2017 Local seed systems that are developed, managed and maintained by farmers are a fundamental practice in smallholder crop production, supporting more than 80% of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and feeding more than 70% of its population. The resilience...
    JCB Seed Systems

  29. Seed Germination and Dormancy

    INTRODUCTION Seeds are a vital component of the world’s diet. Cereal grains alone, which comprise -90% of all cultivated seeds, contribute up to half of the global per capita energy intake. Not surprisingly then, seed biology is one of the most extensively researched areas in plant physiology....
    Germination Dormancy JCB

  30. Seed System - Strengthening Smallholder Farmer Seed Systems

    Seed-based development demands a holistic approach if one aims to have impact for a large number of farmers and across a broad rangeof crops. Seed systems need to be designed to meet multiple goals: increase production, enhance family nutrition, make systems more resilience, and help farmers...
    JCB Seed Systems

  31. FAO Crop Calendar

    The Crop Calendar is a tool that provides timely information about seeds to promote local crop production. It contains information on planting, sowing and harvesting periods of locally adapted crops in specific agro-ecological zones. It also provides information on the sowing rates of seed and...
    Crop Calendar Farming Systems Disaster Mitigation Agroecology JCB East Africa

  32. Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions

    Abstract, ScienceDirect 2014 The importance of seed provisioning in food security and nutrition, agricultural development and rural livelihoods, and agrobiodiversity and germplasm conservation is well accepted by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. The role of farmer seed networks is...
    Seed Production

  33. Improving Farm-based Seed Selection and Storage

    2017/02/08 Smallholder farmers in rural African villages rely on their home-grown seeds for more than 85% of their needs. Due to various reasons, small holder farmers are enticed or forced to use seeds from commercial companies which create dependency. Seed saving has challenges. For farmers to produce...
    Seed Saving Seed Selection Seed Storage Farm-based Smallholder JCB East Africa

  34. About The ECHO Global Seed Bank (located in N Ft Myers, FL, USA)

    The goal of the ECHO Global Seed Bank, located at our North America Regional Impact Center in North Fort Myers, Florida, USA,is to serve as a resource for development workers who wish to experiment with underutilized crops as they work to improve the lives of small scale farmers and gardeners....
    Seed Bank JCB

  35. Introducing New Seeds Overseas

    Key Resource
    2000/01/21 ECHO is frequently asked, by groups or individuals from North America, to suggest vegetable seeds to take with them on short trips overseas. Often the group is a “work team” that is being sent by a church. Someone with the group they are going to visit has asked them to bring vegetable seeds. Or...
    Vegetables Seed Sources Seed Selection Gardening Seeds

  36. Creating a Low-Cost Seed Dryer for Use in Local Seed Banks

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    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 31. Saving your own seeds can be a cost-effective way to access crop seed for future planting and to help maintain the planet’s plant biodiversity. Whether you plant your own saved seeds, give them away to friends and neighbors, or distribute them through...
    Seed Bank Seed Drying Seeds Asia

  37. On-Farm Seed Priming

    2004/04/20 Poor crop establishment is common in developing countries. However, plants can be given a head start if they are able to germinate and emerge quickly. One way to minimize the time that seeds spend absorbing water from the soil is to soak the seeds in water before sowing them.
    Seed Treatment Seeds Germination JCB

  38. Extending the Life of your Seeds

    2005/01/20 Farmers everywhere plant seeds with the expectation that they will germinate, grow and produce a crop that can be harvested. In some cases, the seeds that are planted germinate as hoped. In other cases, seed germination percentage is quite poor. This article will address some aspects about seeds...
    Seeds Seed Saving JCB

  39. Saving Your Own Vegetable Seeds

    2007/01/20 Seed saving is surprisingly easy with some vegetables, possible but somewhat difficult for others, and almost impossible for still other vegetable crops. It would help to know what the issues are; some basic techniques for seed saving; and which vegetables are easy and which are more difficult.
    Vegetables Seed Seed Saving

  40. Crop Protection and Seed Saving

    2008/07/20 Topics briefy addressed: Nematode management. Seed inoculants to maximize the ability ofleguminous plants to fix nitrogen. Bean weevils controlled by tumbling the beans. Controlling seed storage conditions. Saving your own vegetable seeds. Neem leaf tea or neem seed oil to discourageinsect...
    Seed Saving Neem Green Manures Tephrosia Owls Bean Weevils Seed Inoculants Onion Nematodes Seed Storage JCB

  41. Seed Storage in the Tropics

    Key Resource
    2016/03/22 Yearly production of grains, pulses, and vegetables depends on a reliable supply of quality seed. This is true for the farmer growing a crop to feed their family as well as for the agricultural worker evaluating and growing out seeds of a new crop species or variety that could improve lives. In...
    Seed Storage Seed Germination Seed Bank

  42. Simple Grasshopper and Locust Controls

    1996/10/19 Grasshoppers and locusts cause extensive damage to a wide variety of crops and can be persistent in gardens year after year. Several ideas for their control are presented.
    Crop Pests Insects Pest Control Biological Control

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