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  1. Micro-Hydro in Myanmar and Thailand

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #3 Rugged northeastern Myanmar is home to the Lahu, Shan, Akha, Palaung and various other ethnic groups. With few paved roads and only a small percentage of the Shan State's population connected to the electrical grid, infrastructure serving the locals is still...
    Renewable Energy Appropriate Techno... Hydropower Asia

  2. Lessons Learned from the Spread of SRI in Cambodia

    01-07-2009 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #2 In a 2001 ECHO Development Notes article, “SRI, the System of Rice Intensification: Less can be more,” ECHO first reported on SRI’s radical rice production steps including: Transplanting rice seedlings when the first two leaves have emerged, usually sometime...
    System of Rice Int... Rice Grain Crops Farming Systems Adoption of New Te... Asia

  3. The Recent Introduction of Niger Seed (Guizotia abyssinica) Production in Northern Thailand

    01-07-2010 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #6 The arrival of a new crop No one seems to know whymembers of the Lisuhilltribe in northernThailand refer to a certain field crop with brilliantyellow flowers as Japanesesesame. The seeds of thiscrop yield quality cooking oil, but the plant looksnothing like...
    allelopathic Japanese Sesame Sesamum indicum Hibiscus sabdariffa Papaver somniferum Seed Oil Oil Press Oilseed Cooking Oil Green Manure Cover... Niger Asia

  4. Options for Smallholder Farms: Water Management Design Principles

    01-09-2015 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #26 At the beginning of last year, Thailand experienced its most severe drought in twenty years. Only four years ago it also experienced its most severe flooding. Natural disasters are occurring with increasing frequency and severity; it is therefore vital to...
    Asia

  5. Permaculture in Development

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #30 The word permaculture is mentioned with increasing frequency in speeches, books and magazine articles on sustainability and food security. What is permaculture? Is it a movement? A philosophy? Simply a set of design tools? In this article, I answer the...
    Asia

  6. Soils of Mainland Southeast Asia

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #30 Editor’s Note: Peter is a freelance consultant based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with a M.Sc. in Agriculture from Leipzig, Germany. Peter is a former researcher in “The Uplands Program,” a collaborative research program between Hohenheim University (Germany),...
    Acidic Soil Soil Asia

  7. Diagnosing Crop Nutrient Deficiencies in the Field

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #29 The old adage ‘You can’t fix a problem if you don’t know you have one’ underpins the basic science of diagnosing plant nutrient deficiencies. For years, farmers and scientists have worked together to identify a set of visual clues that can be used to...
    Plant Nutrition Plant Health Nutrient Deficiency Asia

  8. HINDI Farm-Generated Feed: Chicken Feed Production

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #28 Farm-generated fertility contributes to a more sustainable agricultural system. Crop residues and manures are part of the nutrient cycle for plant production and can lower input costs through the use of thermophilic composting, vermiculture, bokashi...
    Black Soldier Fly Asia

  9. HINDI Seed Saving in the Tropics: Lessons Learned from the Network

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #28 For both farmers and researchers in the tropics, seed saving can be very frustrating. In Mondulkiri province, farmers are rarely able to keep seed for more than the six months between harvest and the new planting season. Seeds stored longer than this tend...
    Asia

  10. Soil Microorganisms: What They Do and How to Measure Them

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #27 Microorganisms are defined as any living things too small for the eye to see; they include fungi, algae, and bacteria (Rao, 1995). These small organisms can be found everywhere: in water, air, and in the soil. On a farm, microorganism numbers are especially...
    Soil Microorganisms Asia