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Introduction to Tropical Agriculture & Development Course November 2022

 

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  1. Introduction to Biochar

    2021-09-17 This presentation gives you an introduction to the Biochar production process and uses of biochar in small scale farming. This presentation was given at the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center on 17 September2021.
    Asia

  2. Overview of the 300 L/Day Biosand Water Filtration System_with Thai

    Biosand Filter biochar filter water filtration WASH Asia

  3. Introduction to Integrated Pest Management (with Thai) May 2022

    2022-05-19 This is an introductory overview of Integrated Pest Management as a management system and includes a summary ofprevention, cultural, physical, biological, and chemical controls.
    Asia

  4. Introduction to Pest & Disease Identification (with Thai) May 2022

    2022-05-19 A quick overview of the different categories of common crop pests and diseases, and tools for identifying them.
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Diseases and Pest Asia

  5. Seed Storage Fundamentals_with Thai

    Seed Storage Seed technology Seed Bank Community Seed Banks Asia

  6. Seed Biology Basics

    This presentation was given during the Seed Saving Fundamentals workshop at the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center. This presentation discusses the current state of seed saving, how to classify seeds, seed types, and seed production.
    Seed Biology Seeds Asia

  7. Intro to Neglected & Underutilized Species (NUS)

    NUS Neglected & Underu... Underutilized Crops Asia

  8. Introduction to On-Farm Feeds

    2022-04-08 This presentation shows the importance of considering other means of feeding livestock, components of different feed requirementsfor different livestock (pigs, poultry, fish, ruminants), and how to perhaps develop a fully nutritious and cost efficient on-farm feed.
    Feeding and Feeds Asia

  9. Introduction to System of Rice intensification (SRI)

    SRI System of Rice Int... Asia

  10. SRI, the System of Rice Intensification: Less Can Be More

    2001-01-20 SRI involves the use of certain management practices which together provide better growing conditions for rice plants, particularly in the root zone, than those for plants grown under traditional practices. We recently learned about a method of raising rice that produces substantially higher...
    Rural Development SRI Rice Farming Systems

  11. SALT (Sloping Agricultural Land Technology) with emphasis on forage and animal production.

    2008-07-20 This method is designed to allow crops to be grown even onsteep hillsides with minimal erosion while at the same timeincreasing soil fertility and providing fodder for livestock.Rather than controlling erosion with rock terraces or ditches, SALT relies on rows of vegetation.
    SALT Erosion Control

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

    Key Resource
    2010-01-01 For many years, conventional Western forestry methods have been applied, and exotic tree species promoted in Sahelian countries in order to combat desertification. Large and small projects were commissioned to curtail the assumed southward movement of the Sahara desert, but few made any lasting...
    FMNR Agroforestry Apple Ring Acacia Farmer Managed Nat...

  15. Best Practices in Conservation Agriculture

    Key Resource
    2016-09-28 Farmers in many parts of the world, because of human population growth, have little choice but to crop their land continuously, with scarce resources to replace nutrients withdrawn by each successive crop. Crop residues are often lost as a source of organic matter and mulch, usually through...
    Conservation Agric... Mulch Soil Conservation Plant Diversity Crop Diversity Soil Disturbance Soil Fertility Soil Remediation Soil Erosion

  16. Foundations for Farming (FFF)

    Key Resource
    2012-01-01 Dawn Berkelaar, working with Dr. Martin Price and Danny Blank, featured this farming system in EDN 98. At that time, the technique was known as “Farming God’s Way” (FGW). Subsequently, the name was changed to “Foundations for Farming” (FFF); however, it continues to also be promoted as FGW. FGW...
    FFF Foundations For Fa... Conservation Agric... FGW