Resources Tagged: Perennial Vegetables

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  1. Leaves, Shoots, and Hearts 2

    2015-05-12 An overview of perennial vegetables in Thailand, why they are important, and how they can be utilized and promoted in community development and agriculture projects. Part 2 goes into the detail about some of these plant species.
    Perennial Vegetables Perennial Asia

  2. Selecting the Best Plants for the Tropical Subsistence Farm

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    2007-01-01 By Dr. F. W. Martin. Published in parts, 1989 and 1994; Revised 1998 and 2007 by ECHO Staff Though nearly all plants are useful in some way, they are not equally valuable. For example, wheat, rice and corn may be considered the most valuable plants in the world based on the vast acreage planted...
    Perennial Vegetables Tropical Trees Tropical Forages Tropical Food Crops Tropical Fruit Tropical legumes Crop Selection

  3. Underutilized Crops for Small Farm Abundance

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    2018-02-09 Traditional diets included a wide variety of ingredients from myriad wild and domesticated plants. Regional cuisines were shaped by native species in their local environment and by gradually-adopted plants from distant places. The modern global food system and market pressures have reversed this...
    Grains Grain Crops Pulses Grain Legumes (Pul... Perennial Vegetables Leafy Vegetables Squash and Gourds ... Underutilized Crops

  4. Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious, Easy-to-grow Edibles

    Key Resource 2007-06-01 Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as perennial flowers and shrubs-no annual tilling and planting. They thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. InPerennial Vegetables plant specialist Eric Toensmeier introduces gardeners to...
    Flowers Vegetables Perennial Vegetables

  5. Edible Perennial Gardening

    2014-01-01 This book is a guide to growing edible perennial vegetables in low maintenance polycultures - an ideal way of growing food in small urban or rural gardens.
    Vegetable gardening Perennial Vegetables Small gardens

  6. The Complete Book of Vegetables: An Illustrated Guide to Over 400 Species and Varieties of Vegetables From All Over the World

    1986-01-01 The Complete Book of Vegetables includes the world's major vegetables-both the familiar and the exotic. Every vegetable is illustrated with superb full-color photographs of specimens in prime condition. This book tell you which country each vegetable comes from, which family it belongs to, how it...
    Leafy Vegetables Perennial Vegetables Garden Vegetables Vegetable gardening

  7. Lightning Talk - Perennial Vegetables in Pastoralist Areas

    Lightning Talk, ECHOEast Africa Pastoralist Symposium, March 29, 2022. Presenter: Anna Sirikwa
    East Africa ECHO Conference Pastoral Systems Pastoralists Perennial Vegetables

  8. Impact assessment of perennial vegetable training on attendees at hospitals and clinics

    2023-04-28 Between January – February 2023 an impact assessment was made to try to determine whether ECHO East Africa’s initiative to train hundreds of clinic attendees at mother and child health clinics was an effective way to promote perennial vegetables and introduce them into the diets of participants....
    Nutrition Nutritional Anthro... Nutrition Interven... Nutrition Surveys Perennial Greens Perennial Vegetables East Africa