ECHO Development Notes (EDN)
At the center of our work is ECHO Development Notes (EDN), which we send quarterly to thousands of people in over 160 countries in three languages (English, French, and Spanish). In EDN we share the most helpful, practical information that we come across about growing food under difficult circumstances.
Within each issue you'll find featured techniques, practices, information and experience to help guide your work in tropical and subtropical agricultural development. Also in EDN are "Echoes from Our Network," "From ECHO's Seed Bank," and more. Issues #1-51 were compiled in the 1990s into the Amaranth to Zai Holes book, which or you may read it online here. Also, Agricultural Options for Small Scale Farmers, expanded on the foundation from Amaranth to Zai Holes by covering EDN 52 through 100, with articles from outside contributors. Agricultural Options for Small Scale Farmers is available for purchase from the ECHO Bookstore and Amazon.
If you would like to browse EDNs via our Index, please click here.
176 Issues in this Publication (Showing issues 16 - 7) Previous | Next
EDN Issue #16 - 19/09/1986
How Far Apart Must Corn Be Kept To Prevent Cross-Pollination By Other Local Varieties?
How Can I Grow Lady Bird Beetles In Captivity?
How Can I Get Palm Oil From Oil Palms?
Are Bruchid Beetles The Same As Weevils?
Some Comments On Worms In Mangoes
Where Can I Obtain Inoculant For Leucaena Tree Seeds?
Seed For Triticale And A "Sweet" Lupin (Lupinus Albus)
EDN Issue #15 - 19/06/1986
How Can We Keep Animals From Eating Tree Seedlings When Farmers Plant Leucaena?
When Crab Burrows Cause Washout Of Canals
Handy Rule Of Thumb For Seed Storage Conditions
More On Use Of Oil To Control Insect Pests In Stored Grain
Roy Danforth Reports Successful Method Of Taking Fruit Trees From The States To Zaire
Can The Trypsin Inhibitor In Soybeans Be Overcome By Germinating The Seeds?
Fight Mildew Without Fungicides
A Tip For Making Chinese Cabbage Head In The Heat Of Summer
The Solo Papayas Are Great, But....
Some Ideas To Help Farmers Make More Money Selling Vegetables To Their Neighbors
EDN Issue #14 - 19/03/1986
The Haiti Mix For Starting Seedlings
Salt Project (Sloping Agricultural Land Technology)
How To Make And Use An A-Frame
Insect Pest Causing Serious Damage To Leucaena Plantings In The Philippines
Montello Lettuce Is Worth A Try Where Heat Is A Problem
Use Of Vegetable Oils To Protect Stored Beans From Bruchid Beetle Attack
Pruning Egg Plants
Winged Bean Seeds Need To Be Scarified
EDN Issue #12 - 19/08/1985
Seed For High Carotene Carrots
Answers To Some Questions On Citrus
Green Manure Crops Offer Tremendous Advantages To The Small Farm In The Third World
A Comment On Green Manure From Zaire
EDN Issue #11 - 19/04/1985
New Varieties Of High Lysine Corn Show Much More Promise For The Small Farm
Update On Items Discussed In Previous Issues
EDN Issue #10 - 19/01/1985
The Moringa Tree, Moringa Oleifera, Is Called Mother's Best Friend
A Pocket Directory Of Trees And Seeds In Kenya
Do Not Eat Sprouted Sorghum
Some Thoughts On Composting
How Should I Treat Soybeans So They Can Be Fed To Animals?
More On Animal Feeds
More On Uses Of The Neem Tree As An Insecticide
Tropical And Subtropical Fruit Trees For Arid Regions -- Part 2
EDN Issue #9 - 19/09/1984
Have You Tried Winged Beans, Psophocarpus Tetragonolobus?
How Are Winged Beans Cooked?
Honey Producing Trees Suitable For Multiple Use
Book Review: A Farmer's Primer On Growing Rice
Method For Protecting Trees From Goats
Growing Rabbits In Pits
Tropical And Subtropical Fruit Trees For Arid Regions
Keeping Monkeys Out Of Your Crops
How Adequate Is Chicken Manure Tea As A Fertilizer?
EDN Issue #8 - 19/05/1984
Innovative Methods Of Terracing
Quail Grass (Celosia Argentea) Is An Excellent Spinach Substitute For Hot Weather
Cucurbit Seeds As Possible Oil And Protein Sources For Small Scale Household Use In The Hot Humid Tropics
How Can I Garden In The Hot Humid Tropics?
EDN Issue #7 - 19/02/1984
Egusi Seeds Are High In Oil And Protein
Suggestions For Purchase Of Citrus Seeds
I Want To Plant Leucaena, But Which Type Should I Chose?
How Concerned Should I Be That Lead May Contaminate Urban Gardens?
More On Techniques For Growing Deciduous Fruits In Warmer Climates: Grapes
Update On Rooftop Gardens
How Do The Africans Handle African Bees?
Passion Fruit Project Is Especially Successful In Puerto Rico
Consider The Neem Tree For Reforestation And An Effective Insecticide
Toxic Plants Consumed By Goats Can Affect Humans Who Drink Their Milk
