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  1. The Economics of Tropical Farming Systems

    Martin Upton Based on the author's widely used earlier text African Farm Management, this account updates the economic analysis of tropical agriculture and broadens its perspective to include examples from all parts of the developing world. Writing in a clear, concise style, Professor Upton explains the...
    338.1 UPT

  2. Restoring the Soil - Second edition

    Roland Bunch Now available through Amazon as well as the ECHO Bookstore Smallholder farmers around the world face some of the harshest growing conditions globally, yet they produce the majority of the world’s food. Soils in these areas often lack nutrient and water holding capacities, due to erosion or poor...
    631.874 BUN

  3. Duckweed Aquaculture: A New Aquatic Farming System for Developing Countries

    Paul Skillicorn, William Spira, William Journey The purpose of this booklet is to present a group of tiny aquatic plants commonly known as "duckweeds' as a promising new commercial aquaculture crop. Section 1 presents basic information on duckweed biology. This paper summarizes current knowledge, gained from practical experience from the...
    639.89 SKI

  4. Slash/Mulch Systems: Sustainable Methods for Tropical Agriculture

    H. David Thurston Slash/mulch systems, ancient agricultural practices still widely used today, are often overlooked by farmers or mistaken for slash-and-burn systems; however, slash/mulch systems, in which vegetation is cut and mulched on site rather than being discarded or burned, are far more beneficial than are...
    631.581 THU

  5. Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Implications for Agriculture and International Development

    Edited by D. Michael Warren, et al Indigenous knowledge systems permeate all that we do and think and believe, The have evolved from years of experience and trial-and-error problem solving by groups of people working to meet the challenges they face in their local environments, drawing on the the resources they have at hand.
    630.2 WAR

  6. Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions

    Laura S. Meitzner, Martin L. Price. This is a book of practical ideas. It is written for people who help those who live and make their living under difficult conditions in the tropics and subtropics. What should a development worker do to assist a community? There are no simple answers, but there are many possibilities—plants,...
    633.091 MEI | PI.007, PI.008

  7. The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach

    Ben Falk With Practical Information on Landshaping, Water Security, Perennial Crops, Soil Fertility, Nutrient-dense food, and more The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition. Ben Falk...
    631.58 FAL

  8. The Carbon Farming Solution

    Eric Toensmeier The 2015 Paris Climate Summit attempted to define specific actions related to the sequestration of atmospheric carbon, which continues to reach ever greater concentrations (currently over 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide). To curb climate change, 350 parts per million or less is regarded...
    338.162 TOE

  9. ECHO Asia Seed Catalog 2024/2025

  10. Permaculture a Designers' Manual

    B. C. Mollison Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other...
    631.584 MOL