East Africa Resources From Past Events
2023
2023 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
The ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies connects individuals and organizations who seek to share their knowledge and best practices in these areas:
- to improve nutrition, reduce poverty, hunger, and physical hardship by engaging farmers more effectively to adapt their farming systems
- to respond to climate change and declining yields in Africa with sustainable options which improve the environment, regenerate soils and water catchments, recycle resources and mitigate the effect of weather extremes
- to combine a wide range of approaches holistically to enhance the resilience of the vulnerable and to care for the earth
- to have a relevant response to the current COVID pandemic
- to promote continued learning and sharing through networks
The ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium will provide a network and training opportunity for those involved in alleviating hunger and poverty in East Africa.
ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
Update on African Orphan Legumes and the registration of Lablab in Tanzania - Dr. Pavithravani B Venkataramana

Climate Variability and Honey Bee Forage - Frank Ademba, Reguli Marandu

Urban Forestry in a Developing City – The Case of Kampala - Padde Daniel

Modifying Taungya System to Promote Soil and Water Conservation - Dr. Canisius Kayombo, Robert Faida

Using Interactive Radio to Promote Agricultural Messages - Method Charles

Agroecology in Practice: The Work of SAT Morogoro - Dr. Kizito Mwajombe

Agroforestry Techniques for Maximizing Income - Dan Janzen

Some Practical Lessons we Learned in Developing and Implementing our Agriculture Program in Rural Zimbabwe - Randy Watson, Natalie Watson

Reducing Wildlife Incursion on Forest Edges - Daudi Ngosengwa Manongi

Successes Promoting Water Crescents and FMNR in Dodoma - Njamasi Chiwanga

Creative Capacity Building to Promote Draft Power and Animal Welfare - Harold Msanya, Livingstone Masija

Citizen Engagements on Land and Seed Rights Towards Agroecology - Pessa I. Kussaga

Mobilizing Communities to Accelerate Ecosystem Restoration

Promoting Maresha Scaleup Through Mechanization Service Providers - Neil Rowe Miller, Harold Msanya

Research on Climate Smart Agricultural Methods - George Karwani

Factors Affecting Greater Uptake of CA in East Africa - The CA Plus Model - Neil Rowe Miller

Social Inclusion - Jane Sabuni, Monica Ritte

2021
2021 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
This collection contains presentations from the ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on 28-30 September 2021.
The ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies connects individuals and organizations who seek to share their knowledge and best practices in these areas:
- to improve nutrition, reduce poverty, hunger, and physical hardship by engaging farmers more effectively to adapt their farming systems
- to respond to climate change and declining yields in Africa with sustainable options which improve the environment, regenerate soils and water catchments, recycle resources and mitigate the effect of weather extremes
- to combine a wide range of approaches holistically to enhance the resilience of the vulnerable and to care for the earth
- to have a relevant response to the current COVID pandemic
- to promote continued learning and sharing through networks
The ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium will provide a network and training opportunity for those involved in alleviating hunger and poverty in East Africa.
ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
Conservative Agriculture Companion Farming - Fiona Barretto and William Kabelege

CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE ADOPTION IN KENYA: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD AND A NETWORK - Stephan Lutz

PERENNIAL VEGETABLES: Plant once and eat for a decade! - Sophia Kasubi and Faith Juma

FOOD DRYING: Best practices for ensuring availability of nutrient food during scarcity. - Sophia Kasubi

Scaling up the adoption of Rocket Stoves in rural communities of East Africa - Harold Msanya

Promotion of Maresha direct seeder for small scale CA Mechanization - Harold Msanya

Transforming Masculinities: A gender transformative approach to SGBV Prevention - Sabine Nkusi and Uwezo Lele

Aggregated Marketing: Grain Crops - Lilian Zheke & John Mbae

Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania: Transforming Agriculture System in Tanzania - Janet Maro

Macho Sauti: ICT Platform for Agroecology - Gladness Martin Brush

2021 Videos - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
Scaling Up Conservation Agriculture in East Africa: How CA Programming and Advocacy Influenced Ethiopian Government Policy

Conservation Agriculture Adoption in Kenya: Lessons From the Field and a Network

Scaling up CA Plus Among Smallholder Farmers

Lightning Talk - Adoption and Scaling Up of Tubular Bio Digesters

Lightning Talk - Remembering some Principles of Agroforestry, Soil, and Water Conservation

Lightning Talk - Maresha Direct Seeder for Small-scale CA Mechanization

Lightning Talk - ICT Platform for Agroecology

Promoting Nutrition with Perennial Vegetables

Transforming Masculinity: A Gender Transformative Approach to SGBV Prevention

Transforming the Farming System in Tanzania

Lightning Talk - Organic Pest Management on Arabica Coffee

Lightning Talk - Weather Forecasting Tools for Northern Tanzania

Lightning Talk - Reducing Contamination of Foods in Arusha Value Chain

Lightning Talk - Food Drying Best Practices

Lightning Talk - Scaling up the Adoption of Rocket Stoves

Empowering Voices From Every Discipline: ECHOcommunity

Lightning Talk - Stingless Bees

Lightning Talk - Circular Compost Making

Lightning Talks - Focused Simple Solutions that Last

Lightning Talk - Aggregated Marketing of Grain Crops

Lightning Talk - Revitalization of the Farmer Managed Seed System

ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
2019
2019 Presentations - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
12th – 14th February, 2019 Naura Spring Hotel Arusha, Tanzania
Panel Session Title: Cheers and tears of conservation agriculture in Kenya – examples from Eastern, Central, Rift Valley and Western Kenya - Stephen Lutz / Daniel N. Njunge

Addressing problems of soil fertility with emphasis on nitrogen fixation by legumes and the temporal and spatial dynamics of local resources - Ken Giller

The role of green manure/cover crops vis a vis Africa’s worsening droughts - Roland Bunch

Sustainable agro ecological crops pest management using botanical pesticides & IPM - Angela Mkindi

Valuing landscapes through ecosystem services - REDD as a mechanism to reduce land use change - Marc Baker

Impact of livestock: Dairy development in SW Tanzania – mediation and translation in innovation, & Sustainability assessments of low-input ruminant production systems - Ben Eyre

Food Smart Cities and how to incentivize sustainable practices at farm and trader levels - Mark Blackett

Legumes and soil health – participatory action research - Sieg Snapp

Bridging the gap between farmers and extensionists with ICT & radio - Rex Chapota

Homegardens with traditional African vegetables to increase the consumption of nutrient dense vegetables and improve income generation for men and women - lessons from East Africa - Ralph Roothaert

Conversion of the maresha plow to a direct seeder - Harold Msanya

Mitigation of Newcastle Disease for reducing food insecurity: A focus on family poultry production - Msafiri Kalloka

Airtight underground grain stores among Dodoma farmers - Mussa Chilemu

Evidence-based best practices to impact food security – a collaboration of RECODA and World Vision - Dominic Ringo

Ecosystem adaptation - Stephen Ababo

How can we support the extreme poor to facilitate their food security with CA? - Carl Wahl

Terraces to control soil erosion and increase land availability for agriculture in the DRC - Filbert Leone Ahmat

Invasive weeds and their control - Ahmed Mbugi

Social contract on water, a pave for multiplier effects of biodiversity practices to industrial economic growth in Tanzania - Dr. Alliy Saidi Mbwana

Using Evidence-Based Agricultural Advice - Neil Rowe-Miller

Composting with biochar and urine - Christopher Kellner

Addressing conflict between farmers and pastoralists - Dr James Kahurananga

The imperative for Conservation Agricultural mechanization - Ann Adjei

Integrated approach to top bar beekeeping in Tanzania - Rachel Monger

EMI- Designing a world of hope - Rex Barber

CA scale-up through service providers - Hamis Dulla Mzoba

Climate variability and honey bee forage - Goodluck Malisa

Rice trading and information systems - Mark Blackett

Basic seed and soil preparation for propagation - techniques used at ECHO Florida

Basic vegetative propagation by air layers, cuttings and divisions, used at ECHO Florida - Lydia Hofland

Basic vegetative propagation by grafting and budding

ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
2019 Videos - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
2019 Videos - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies
12th – 14th February, 2019 Naura Spring Hotel Arusha, Tanzania
Promoting Conservation Agriculture in Kenya

Addressing problems of soil fertility with emphasis on nitrogen fixation by legumes and the temporal and spatial dynamics of local resources

The Role of Green Manure Cover Crops

Sustainable agro ecological crops pest management using botanical pesticides & IPM

Valuing landscapes through ecosystem services

Impact of livestock: Dairy development in SW Tanzania

Food Smart Cities and how to incentivize sustainable practices

Legumes and soil health – participatory action research

Bridging the gap between farmers and extensionists with ICT & radio

Homegardens with traditional African vegetables to increase the consumption of nutrient dense vegetables and improve income generation for men and women - lessons from East Africa

Conversion of the maresha plow to a direct seeder

Mitigation of Newcastle Disease for reducing food insecurity

Practical Learnings - Panel

PANEL: Scaling up of conservation agriculture through marketing inducements

ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
2019 Presentations - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
2019 Presentations - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
Tropical Highlands
Tropical highland regions include multiple locations throughout Central and South America, East Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and many of the islands in the tropics. Highland regions are characterized by high altitudes and variable rainfall. One of the main agricultural concerns for highland regions is soil erosion.
2019 Videos - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
Regenerative agriculture: why it is the only future for humanity - Tim LaSalle

Best Practices NGOs can adopt to improve human nutrition especially for vulnerable groups - Dr. Mukantwali Christine

Soil biodiversity and productivity - Fredrick Ayuke

Research on green manure cover crops in 6 districts of Rwanda - Dr. Karangwa Antoine

Green Manure/Cover Crops: the simplest and cheapest route to achieving adequate nutrition - Roland Bunch

Initiatives by IITA and Partners to Mitigate Banana Diseases in the Great Lakes region - Emmanuel Njukwe

Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach to food security - Brian Neza

Best practices in agroforestry and nutrition - A. Mukuralinda

Good news for farmers: Development of CBSD and CMD tolerant cassava varieties to alleviate hunger in Southern Province - Gervais Gashaka

Crop Improvement with Endophyte Symbiosis - Steve Clark

Processing of high Iron Beans into Convenient Products - Dr. George Nyombaire

Approaches of SRI - Espour Musafiri

Orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) production and its added nutritional value - Jean Claude Nshimiyimana

Long Miles Coffee’s approach to making markets to work for farmers - Matthew Gates, Athanas Nikumana

Food security initiatives to improve nutrition - Laurence Mukamana, CNFA/Feed the Future USAID

Approaches and interventions to make Sustainable intensification function in the Ethiopian highlands: Africa RISING experience - Dr. Kindu Mekonnen

Perennial Vegetables, Indigenous Nutrient-Dense Greens and Simple Ways to Preserve Them - Sophia Kasubi

The importance of follow up to achieve high adoption- experiences from Kiramutse and Bugesera in improving food security - Innocent Sibomana

Highland food security options - Leonidas Niyongabo

Community seed banks to improve plant-based nutrition - Sophia Kasubi & Faith Juma ECHO

Tailoring rural advisory services for family farms - Gabriel and Ernestine Kamarora

Population growth and implications for sustainable food security - Erwin Kinsey

Biofortified beans contribution to improved nutrition - GEORGE NYOMBAIRE

Improving nutrition among the food insecure - Dorice Munisi

ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
2019 Videos - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
Tropical Highlands
Tropical highland regions include multiple locations throughout Central and South America, East Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and many of the islands in the tropics. Highland regions are characterized by high altitudes and variable rainfall. One of the main agricultural concerns for highland regions is soil erosion.
2019 Presentations - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
2019 Presentations - East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition & Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas
Best Practices NGOs can adopt to improve human Nutrition especially for vulnerable groups

Green Manure/Cover Crops: the simplest and cheapest route to achieving adequate nutrition

Regenerative agriculture: why it is the only future for humanity

GMCCs for Highlands Agriculture

Soil biodiversity and productivity

ECHO East Africa Symposiums
Presentation slides and videos by year and event.
2018 Presentations - East Africa Symposium on Improving Nutrition in Dryland Areas
2018 Videos - East Africa Symposium on Improving Nutrition in Dryland Areas
2018 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Pastoralist Symposium
2017 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Symposium
2017 Videos - ECHO East Africa Symposium
2016 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Pastoralist Symposium
2016 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Highlands Symposium
2015 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Symposium
2015 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Best Practices in Areas of Conflict
2014 ECHO East Africa Symposium
2014 ECHO East Africa Pastoralist Symposium
2014 ECHO East Africa Highlands Symposium
2013 ECHO East Africa Symposium
2011 ECHO East Africa Symposium