Resources Tagged: Asia

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  1. Crotalaria juncea, a promising green manure crop for the tropics

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #3 Crotalaria juncea, or sunn hemp, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae) grown in many countries as a green manure or forage crop. Originating in South Asia, but with a common cultivar developed in Hawaii, it is a fastgrowing, drought-tolerant and...
    Nitrogen Fixation Green Manures and ... Green Manure Cover... Green Manures Cover Crops Legume Asia

  2. 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

  3. An Introduction to Wood Vinegar

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #7 Prakrit Khamduangdao was looking for an alternative to agriculturalchemicals to control pests in his vegetable farm. However, he was notcompletely satisfied with various botanical pest control measures beingpromoted in northern Thailand. He reports that even...
    Wood Vinegar Vinegar Pest Control Asia

  4. Preparation of Modified Mat Nurseries (MMN) for Improved Rice Seedling Production

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #9 Editor: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an unconventional approach to rice production that has spread throughout many parts of the world since the late 1990s, is comprised of a set of flexible management practices. CEDAC, based in Cambodia,...
    SRI Reduced Water Rice... System of Rice Int... Rice Asia

  5. Build Your Own Seed Germination Cabinet for Testing Seed Viability

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #8 Editor: Abram serves as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow andInstructor with the International Sustainable DevelopmentStudies Institute in Chiang Mai. He also assists the ECHO AsiaRegional Office as a technical advisor. Introduction and Background Saving your...
    Asia

  6. China - Biogas

    In China’s rural areas, most villages do not have electricity, and commercial fuels like kerosene and coal are expensive. Thus the rural population still relies heavily on biological sources of energy. Fuelwood and crop residues (mostly straw) account for 80% of rural household energy use and 54%...
    Biogas Asia

  7. Introduction to ECHO Asia's Services_Nepal Workshop 2017

    2017-05-22 A brief introduction to ECHO Asia and the services we provide to our network members!
    Asia

  8. Biochar - Part 1

    2017-05-23 An introduction to biochar What it is What it does How to use it!
    Biochar JCB Asia

  9. Biochar- Part 2

    2017-05-23 An introduction on how to make biochar.
    Biochar JCB Asia

  10. Landslide Risk Reduction

    2017-05-23 As rainfed crops are particularly vulnerable to drought as well as heavy rain, farmers must prepare dryland farming solutions for resilient and sustainable crop production.
    Crop Production Drought Dryland Farming Asia