Ressources Etiqueté: Seed Selection

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  1. Improving Farm-Based Seed Selection and Storage

    08/02/2017 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

  2. ECHO Crop Information Sheet

    08/05/2017 ECHO reguguarly keeps track of crop porduction records especially for crops disseminated from our Global Seed Bank. This fillable form is the sheet ECHO staff (mainly interns) use when evaluating a crop for it's potential use and distribution to ECHO's Network. This form can also be used to...
    Seed Production Seed Saving Seed Selection

  3. Okra Variety Trial: Abelmoschus esculentum & Abelmoschus caillei

    01/01/2020 A comparison trial of okra species and varieties was conducted at the ECHO farm in North Fort Myers (zone 9a/10b), Florida. Thirteen varieties ofAbelmoschus esculentumand two varieties ofAbelmoschus cailleiwere evaluated for pod production and taste. Plants were started from seed in trays, with...
    Okra Seed Selection Variety trial

  4. Le triage par flottation - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video Pourquoi ne pas essayer la technique de flottation de la semence avant le semis? Les graines de mauvaise qualité ayant été attaquées par les insectes viendront flotter à la surface, tandis que les bonnes graines resteront au fond. Langues disponibles: Anglais...
    Seed Selection AccessAgriculture Rice

  5. Graines tachées ou décolorées - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video Divers problèmes affectent la qualité des semences, les graines tachées et les graines décolorées sont deux des plus importants. Les graines tachées ne peuvent pas être éliminées par vannage ou flottation. Elles ne peuvent être prélevées que par triage manuel....
    Seed Selection Seed Bank Rice AccessAgriculture

  6. What Seed Would You Take To An Uninhabited Tropical Island?

    19/05/1982 Dr. Frank is known to many of you as author of several books and articles on tropical subsistence farming. He works at the Mayaguez Institute of Tropical Agriculture (USDA) in Puerto Rico. Currently his research centers around sweet potato improvement for the tropics. We recently received from...
    Underutilized Crops Seed Selection

  7. Maize

    01/01/1989 Maize (Zea mays; corn) is the third most important food crop in the world, surpassed onlyby two other grains, wheat and rice. Maize is a widely adapted crop, capable of production during the appropriateseason in almost all parts of the world where farming is done. Maize is represented by...
    Maize Quality Protein Maize Seed Selection Agriculture Improv...

  8. L’Introduction de Nouvelles Semences à l’Étranger

    Ressource principale
    21/01/2000 Habituellement, les Nord-américains n’ont aucune idée qu’il existe des différences marquées entre l’horticulture des pays tempérés et des pays tropicaux. J’ai personnellement eu une telle expérience lorsque j’ai déménagé de l’Ohio en 1981 pour devenir le directeur d’ECHO. J’avais déjà acheté des...
    Vegetables Seed Sources Seed Selection Gardening Seeds

  9. Seed Saving: Steps & Technologies

    Ressource principale
    01/06/2010 Seeds naturally have a place in almost any endeavor having to do with agricultural development. Seeds of most food plants are small and, as such, are more easily transported and can be shipped longer distances than vegetative cuttings. For the farmer, seeds represent the promise of a continued...
    Seeds Seed Saving Seed Storage Seed Systems Seed Drying Seed Production Seed Germination Seed Selection Seed

  10. Sélectionner des variétés de riz - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video La sélection variétale participative ou PVS est une méthode par laquelle les différents acteurs sont impliqués dans l'identification des contraintes et la sélection de nouvelles variétés parmi les centaines crées par les sélectionneurs de riz. Pendant trois années...
    Seed Selection AccessAgriculture Rice