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  1. Do you know this smothering weed?

    2016-07-11 Recently, ECHO East Africa Regional Impact Center Director Erwin Kinsey and Technical Research Coordinator Bob Hargrave received a request from an ECHO network member to identify and propose control methods for a “new weed that is spreading and smothering trees and hedges.”
    Pest Management East Africa
     

  2. Marigold for Companion Planting

    2016-07-11 Companion planting is a form of intercropping, typically practiced in small-scale gardens, in which two or more species of plants are grown near each other for shared benefit. For example, shade-loving vegetables like lettuce can be grown under taller crops like maize or sunflower. Mixed...
    Intercropping Medicinal Plants Flowering Plants Natural Pesticides
     

  3. Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense)

    2015-07-23 Naranjilla (pronounced na-ran-hee-ya) means ‘little orange’ in Spanish, but it is not a citrus crop. It is actually a relative of tomato, eggplant and pepper, being a member of the Solanaceae (also known as ‘nightshade’) family. Grown for its yellow to orange fruits, it has been described as “the...
    Fruit Tree Crops Naranjilla
     

  4. Community Animal Health Workers Support Small-Scale Livestock Production

    2016-07-11 Editors: ECHO will be hosting a three-day workshop in September at our Florida campus, on the topic of small-scale livestock production in the tropics (see the “Upcoming Events” section for details). Our Global Farm incorporates many animals, including ducks, rabbits, chickens, pigs, and goats—so...
    Livestock Development Livestock Animal Health Animal Production Animal Husbandry
     

  5. Negotiating two seemingly contradictory understandings of co-operatives

    2015-07-23 In EDN 127, Dick Tinsley and David Headley appear to offer somewhat contradictory visions regarding the value of farmers’ co-operatives. When such contradictory advice appears, it often points to an area of underappreciated complexity. Thus, rather than throw our hands up in frustration, we...
    Co-operatives
     

  6. Farmer Engagement in Agriculture Extension

    2015-07-23 Good intentions and viable solutions will have little impact unless we engage with farmers in ways that are meaningful to them. Farmers put a great deal of confidence in what they learn from fellow farmers’ experiences, and they are more likely to trust what they see over what they hear....
    MEAS Agriculture Extension
     

  7. Detecting Aflatoxin in Agricultural Commodities

    2016-07-11 Dr. Dowell is a Research Agricultural Engineer with the USDA ARS. He has about 30 years of experience developing technology to measure grain quality and improving food security in developing countries. He has over 20 years of experience in international agriculture, and is President of Planting...
    Health and Nutrition Human Health Animal Health Lab Protocol
     

  8. Roger Gietzen on the topic of syntropic farming

    2020-01-27 After reading the review of Syntropic Farming Guide in EDN 145, Roger Gietzen had some further thoughts to share on the topic of syntropic farming.
    Syntropic
     

  9. ECHOcommunity Member Spotlight: Mr. Tuntun and Thaung Si

    2020-04-08 As I walk the farm with Mr. Tuntun in rural Myanmar, I can’t help but smile as he proudly shows me the biochar he now makes and uses in his potting mix for his fruit tree seedlings. Instead of burning, he now turns his organic waste material from the farm into a valuable resource that can be used...
    East Africa Latin America and ... West Africa Asia
     

  10. SIFAT Training

    2024-11-02 From September 20-26, Servants In Faith and Technology (SIFAT; sifat.org/) held a Food Security and Agroecology training at their demonstration farm in La Tigra, San Carlos, Costa Rica. Participants from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Haiti started each day with prayer and...
     

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