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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.

175 Issues in this Publication (Showing issues 126 - 117) |

EDN Issue #126 - 2015-01-20

Bicycle Pump Vacuum Sealer for Seed Storage

Selenium and Human Health

From ECHO’s Seed Bank: Sorghum Pollination 

ECHO South Africa Research Update

Book Reviews:

EDN Issue #125 - 2014-10-20

Bringing Back the Pollinators

From ECHO’s Seed Bank: ECHO Plants that Attract Pollinators

Echoes from our Network: Cucumber as an intercrop

Book Reviews:

EDN Issue #124 - 2014-07-01

FONDAMA Yard Garden Program

From ECHO’s Seed Bank: 2013/2014 Tomato Observation Trial

From Our Regional Impact Centers

Books, Websites and Other Resources: Perennial Vegetables

In Memoriam: Richard D. Chapin

EDN Issue #123 - 2014-04-20

Why Many African Farmers Choose Not to Engage in Development

Russian Comfrey for Fertilizer, Feed and More

Living Mulch under Maize

Risk Aversion and Diversification

EDN Issue #122 - 2014-01-01

Strategies to Help Prepare for and Respond to Disaster

Echoes from our Network: Increasing Interest in Chaya

From ECHO’s Seed Bank: Dual-Purpose Cowpea Varieties

Books, Websites and Other Resources

Upcoming Events

EDN Issue #121 - 2013-10-20

A Compendium of Free Online Courses, Books and Other Resources

Natural Farming

2013 Okra Observation Trial

Rethinking a Basic Assumption in Ag Development: Risk Aversion vs Hunger and Exhaustion

South Africa Research Update

EDN Issue #120 - 2013-07-20

Job’s Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.), a Resilient and Multipurpose Grain

The System of Crop Intensification

From Our Regional Impact Centers 

Implementing Your Agricultural Project / Farm Plan: Farm Management Principles 

EDN Issue #119 - 2013-04-20

Further Support for the Use of Lablab in Dry Areas

Lablab (Lablab purpureus), a New Staple Crop for the Sudano Sahel 

Concentrating Manure near Crop Plants Boosts Soil Fertility

Trace Elements and Human Health

EDN Issue #117 - 2012-10-20

Developing Low-Cost Assistive Technologies for Persons with Disabilities

ECHOcommunity.org – The First Year

Annual Leafy Greens Variety Trial