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08/02/2017 Ngorongoro District, part of the Serengeti Ecosystem witnessed a human population growth from approximately 25,000 in the early sixties to 200,000 people in 2016, predominantly pastoralist Maasai. Pastoralism as we know it today can be combined with photo tourism and game hunting activities for...
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27/10/2014
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15/11/2016 This presentation will focus on the potential use of silvopastoral systems (SPS) in Brazil to fight the increasing of land degradation and will describe the specific characteristics of SPS in the different ecological regions of the country. We will also consider management aspects, ecosystems...
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01/01/1989 The intent of this book is to create better vegetable gardening practices, not only in Haiti but in other places with hot climates. It is our belief that home gardening is the most neglected art in today's society, and by far, it has the greatest economic and environmental impact of any practice....
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08/12/2006 This publication includes information on dryland farming and finding the best crops for a tropical subsistence farm. ECHO HANA (Health/AIDS/Nutrition/Agriculture) workshop, Dec. 8, 2006 30 pages, illustrated, tables 2 copies
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This booklet is a helpful resource to starting a community garden! with the goal of "Connecting community agriculture projects locally and globally"ECHO Community Garden Toolkitprovides information on Garden location, accessibility of water, plant and soil life, education and saftey, site...
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This video is Session 2 part 2 of our ongoing training on "Introduction to Soil Science." This training gives a broad overview and introduction to some basic soil characteristics: phases (solid, liquid, gas), texture, density, structure, reaction (pH), plant-water relationships, organic matter,...
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19/12/2017 Opciones para los agricultores de pequeña escala es un libro lleno de opciones prácticas para aquellos que trabajan para ayudar a los agricultores a pequeña escala y jardineros urbanos en los trópicos y subtrópicos, muchos que luchan para producir suficiente comida para sostener a sus familias. ¿...
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In 2014 Rod Sebastian biked around the country of Burundi in Africa. As part of his gear he carried two "thumb drives" that he had received during training at ECHO. When Rod shared the ECHO resources on those drives with an agricultural development worker, it started a relationship that he...
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20/12/2012