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Tropical Lowlands

Tropical lowland regions are characterized by high humidity and annual rainfall. Lowlands exist around the world in microclimates but predominate areas of South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, and Coastal regions of the tropics. One of the main agricultural concerns for lowland regions is dealing with waterlogged soils and related plant pathogens.

  1. Principles of Agriculture For The Humid Tropics

    19 November 1997 Principles for increasing organic matter in order to increase soil fertility. Little by little, work in a dozen countries has convinced us that the vast majority of soils can be made highly fertile. How? By using our first principle:maximize organic matter production.
    Roland Bunch Cover Crops Green Manures Mulch

  2. SRI, the System of Rice Intensification: Less Can be More

    Sumber Daya Utama
    21 September 2015 The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a method of raising rice that produces substantially higher yields with the planting of far fewer seedlings and the use of fewer inputs than either traditional methods (i.e., flooding) or more “modern” methods (using mineral fertilizer or...
    SRI System of Rice Int... SCI System of Crop Int...

  3. Cangkok Tomat di Asia Tenggara: Sebuah Teknik yang Berguna untuk Produksi di Musim Hujan

    Tomatoes are difficult to grow during Southeast Asia’s hot and humid monsoonal rainy season. A combination of waterlogged soils, increased disease pressure, and high temperatures often kill young tomato transplants or significantly reduce yields. As an introduced crop, originally from South...
    Vegetable Grafting Grafting Tomatoes flood resistant waterlogged soils Asia

  4. Fish Farming: Basics of Raising Tilapia & Implementing Aquaculture Projects

    Sumber Daya Utama
    01 Juli 2010 Fish farming can generate high interest and excitement. It has great potential to produce high quality protein in relatively short time periods and in small areas. Fish farming is one way that resource poor farmers throughout the world can provide protein that is often lacking in the family diet...
    Aquaculture Fish Farming Tilapia

  5. Produksi Sayuran Melalui Musim Hujan

    01 April 2012 The cool, dry season offers the best window for vegetable production in the tropics, assuming an adequate water supply. Pest and disease pressures are relatively low and temperatures are moderate. By contrast, the rainy season brings a combination of high temperatures and humidity that encourages...
    Asia

  6. Bamboo for Construction

    Sumber Daya Utama
    17 Mei 2018 Many plants deemed as invaluable for the smallholder farmer offer nutritious food for the family, fodder for animals, or timber for construction. Remarkably, bamboo offers all three of these assets from the same perennial plant! This Technical Note will focus on how to most effectively harvest,...
    Bamboo preservation Bamboo Bamboo Construction

  7. Emas Sekam: 10 Pemakaian Sekam Padi di Pertanian

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 37. Pengantar Salah satu tantangan besar yang dihadapi oleh pertanian berkelanjutan adalah pengadaan sumber daya organik (berbasis karbon) yang memadai dan terjangkau, yang dapat digunakan di lahan pertanian untukmenghasilkan produksi makanan dan pakan....
    Waste By-products Rice Hulls

  8. Umpan Generasi Pertanian: Produksi Pakan Ikan

    Farm-generated fertility makes agriculture more sustainable. Crop residues and manures are part of the nutrient cycle and can lower input costs through the use of thermophilic composting, vermiculture, bokashi production, or green manures. Farm-generated feeds can also reduce expenses, if farmers...
    Fish Farming Black Soldier Fly Asia

  9. Umpan Generasi Pertanian: Produksi Pakan Hog

    01 Agustus 2015 As densities of livestock increase, an industrious farmer finds ways and means to increase his farm’s nutrient stream for the benefit of his system. This article will describe methods and techniques necessary for a smallholder farmer to succeed with farm-derived hog feeds. As you read, remember...
    Asia

  10. Pakan Babi Buatan Sendiri: Campuran Berbasis—Pisang yang Difermentasi vs. Pakan Komersial

    Sumber Daya Utama
    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 42 The integration of livestock on the smallholder farm is often a key component to the long-term sustainability of the farm, specifically by means of critical nutrient cycling. Livestock play a unique and critical role on the farm, transforming plant and...
    Pig Feed on-farm feed Banana Stem banana silage fermented feed Hogs farm generated feed Pigs Asia

  11. Preserving Bamboo with Borates

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #4 Working together with Thai Care, the children's ministry of the Rain Tree Foundation, Meribah Ram Pump is engaged in various community development projects in northern Thailand. A major focus is to make simple, sustainable technology, such as ram pumps and...
    Pest Control Biological Control Bamboo Bamboo preservation Borates Borax Boric acid Asia

  12. Meningkatkan Hasil dan Hemat Uang dengan Alat SRI Inovatif

    14 Juni 2014 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #21 The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a promising rice-farming methodology that is able both to lower production costs—of seed, fertilizer, chemicals, and water—and to increase yield by enabling each rice plant to reach its full potential. However,...
    SRI Asia

  13. Toolkit Respons Pertanian Tangguh terhadap Tantangan Iklim di Asia Tropis

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #16 During the 2012 ECHO Agriculture Workshop in Yangon, 63 attendees representing at least 25 agriculture and community development organizations from across Myanmar were polled about their observations and opinions related to climate change. The vast majority...
    Asia

  14. Banana, Coconut & Breadfruit

    Sumber Daya Utama
    01 Juni 1998 There are more than one hundred major species of fruits in the tropics, which make a very interesting contribution to the appetite as well as to good nutrition. These species vary in ecological requirements, in season of production, in yields, uses and, of course, in many other characteristics....
    Banana Coconut Breadfruit

  15. Handbook of Animal Health

    01 Januari 2007 This is an amazing manual covering animal functions of all the major domestic animals. It contains an incredible amount of information in one volume. It is written in a simple, easy to understand style, supplemented with many good illustrations. This book was developed to benefit rural people in...
    Animal Production Medicine Veterinary Emergen... Veterinary Veterinary Medicine Animal Parasites Animal Welfare Domestic Animals-D... Domestic Animals-P... Domestic Animals Veterinary Vaccines

  16. Cowpea Varieties for Warm Rainy Season

    17 Juli 2020 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a legume with edible beans, grown throughout the tropics as a green manure/cover crop. Cowpea thrives in hot climates with annual rainfall of 750 to1100 mm. Once its roots are established, it is quite drought tolerant. High rainfall, however, adversely affects cowpea...
    Cowpea Cowpea-Diseases & ... Variety trial

  17. Katuk, Sauropus Androgynous, A Great Vegetable For The Hot, Humid Tropics (With A Caution)

    19 Februari 1998 Katuk,Sauropus androgynous, is an excellentvegetablefor hot, humid climates. It has a pleasant peanut-like taste when eaten raw and the cooked leaves taste excellent as spinach.
    Underutilized Crops Katuk Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  18. A Spinach for the Humid Lowland Tropics

    19 Juli 1997 The thick, succulent leaves of the Malabar spinach vine,Basella alba, are among ECHO’s favorite vegetables to grow during our hot, humid summer which mimics that of the tropical lowlands. Native to tropical lowland regions of Asia, this short-lived perennial vine tolerates high temperatures and...

  19. Important Food Plants for Lowland Nigeria

    20 Januari 2011 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Lowland Nigeria. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...

  20. Tiga Kelebihan Jali: Padian Asli Asia Satu Lagi

    01 April 2012 Pengenalan Di banyak bagian daerah tropis Asia, khususnya di ladang tadah hujan, terjadi penambahan luar biasa penanaman jagung dalam ukuran luas. Penambahan produksi jagung komersial didorong oleh pertumbuhan permintaan pakan ternak, dan sedang mengganti banyak tanaman traditional termasuk bahan...
    Asia

  21. Inca nut (Plukenetia volubilis)

    30 Oktober 2015 Inca nut (Plukenetia volubilis) is a forest plant from the South American Amazon where it has been used as a wild food source for over 3000 years. It is gaining attention as a valuable vegetable oil crop, and is now being grown more widely. ECHO recently obtained seed from Southeast Asia, which...
    Industrial Crops Inca Nut Plukenetia volubilis

  22. Tanah di Daratan Utama Asia Tenggara

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #30 [Catatan Editor: Peter adalah konsultan lepas yang berbasis di Chiang Mai, Thailand. Dia menyandang gelar M.Sc. di bidang Pertanian dari Leipzig, Jerman. Peter juga mantan peneliti di "The Uplands Program," sebuah program penelitian kerja sama antara...
    Acidic Soil Soil Asia

  23. Acidic soils of the Tropics

    01 Oktober 2019 Acidic soils are soils with a pH lower than 7. For most plants, having a pH between 6 and 7.5 is ideal (see table 1 for more exact numbers), but soils can become dangerous when their pH drops beneath 4.5. As the pH drops, aluminum becomes more soluble, toxifying the soil and harming the plants....
    Acidic Soil

  24. Conservation Agriculture in Areas with High Rainfall

    30 April 2015 We recently learned of correspondence among several network members on the topic of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in areas of heavy rain. The information seemed potentially helpful for others in ECHO’s network, so we are sharing it here.
    Conservation Agric...

  25. Beans for the lowlands - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Farmers in Guatemala explain how to grow beans in hot, lowland areas by first selecting a bean variety that is adapted to the heat. They plant the beans in the winter, and sometimes have to provide irrigation. The beans can be planted alone or between the rows of...
    AccessAgriculture Beans Tropical Lowlands Crop Selection Latin America and ...