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  1. AN Issue #48
    2022-03-03 Featured in this AN Playing with Water Wheels: Exploring Low-Cost Methods for Pumping Irrigation Water A 'Successful Failure': Introducting SALT Technology in Northern Thailand Virtual Training Opportunities- email us at echoasia@echocommunity.org



  2. AN Issue #47
    2021-09-15 Featured in this AN Establishing a Scaled-Up Black Soldier Fly System An Innovative 'Do-All' Biochar Burner Design



  3. AN Issue #46
    2021-06-14 African Swine Fever Virus: Overview and Prevention on the Small Farm [Editor’s Note: For questions, comments, or personal experience on this topic visit ECHOcommunity Conversations: African Swine Fever Virus] [Example] Small FarmBiosecurity Plan for the Prevention of African Swine Fever I Suspect...



  4. AN Issue #45
    2021-03-01 Featured in this AN Stingless Beekeeping (Meliponiculture) on Java [Editor’s Note: For questions, comments, or personal experience on this topic visit the echocommunity ‘conversations’ forum Meliponiculture: Stingless Beekeeping.] Production of Vegetable Fern (Diplazium esculentum Reytz.) Under...



  5. AN Issue #44
    2020-12-14 Featured in this AN The Martinez Airlift Water Pump Do All Parts of the Chaya Plant Contain Cyanide? Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide



  6. AN Issue #43
    2020-08-31 Featured in this AN Mycorrhizal Fungi - Our Tiny Underground Allies Tomato Grafting in Southeast Asia: A Useful Technique for Rainy Season Production



  7. AN Issue #42
    2020-05-29 Featured in this AN Making On-Farm Pig Feed:Farm-Generated Formulas vs. Commercial Feeds Join the ECHOcommunity.org Conversation about this topic- CLICK HERE! ECHOs from the Network: Integrated Pest Management on the Island of Bali Coffee Drying "Bunk Beds for Vegetable Production"



  8. AN Issue #41
    2020-03-13 Featured in this AN A Snapshot of the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank Black Soldier Fly System of the FrangipaniLangkawi Organic Farm



  9. AN Issue #40
    2019-11-29 Featured in this AN State of Land in theMekong Region - Brief Highlighted Resources from the Asia Agriculture & Community Development Conference Research Update:Heavy Metal Uptake in Tire Garden Planters



  10. AN Issue #39
    2019-08-30 Featured in this AN Backyard Vermicomposting Systems: Examples from Myanmar New Book Spotlight: Animal Integration and Feeding Strategies for the Tropical Smallholder Farm



  11. AN Issue #38
    2019-05-15 Featured in this AN: Refugee Camps asMicrocosm: Restoration & Sustainability in anAccidental City Low-Cost Natural Building Options for Storing Seed in Tropical Southeast Asia



  12. AN Issue #37
    2019-02-15 Featured in this AN: Gracious Greetings from the New Regional Director of ECHO Asia Preventing Insect Damage of Stored Seed Using Low-Cost Control Options Rice Hull Gold: 10 On-farm Uses of Rice Hulls



  13. AN Issue #36
    2018-10-31 Featured in this AN: Soil Amendments for Healthier Soils The Value of a Seed: Growing a Network of Community Level Seed Banks in Asia Is it possible to never (or rarely) need to shop for meat again? Book Review : Secret Livestock of Survival



  14. AN Issue #35
    2018-05-30 Featured in this AN: Livestock Integration on the Tropical Smallholder Farm Putting Biochar to use at the Edge: Quality, Soils, and Measurement



  15. AN Issue #34 Special Edition
    2017-12-12 Conference Proceedings The 6th Biennial ECHO Asia Agriculture and Community Development Conference Editors’ Note In an effort to expand the dissemination of technical materials and best practices presented during this year’s ECHO Asia Agriculture & Community Development Conference, the ECHO...



  16. AN Issue #33
    2017-12-11 Featured in the AN: An Innovative, Inexpensive, Environmentally Friendly Method to Pasteurize Mushroom Media in the Tropics Using a Styrofoam Box Op-Ed: Forage Plants for Improved Human Development





  17. AN Issue #32
    2017-08-15 Featured in this AN: Inexpensive Mass Propagation Techniques for Introducing Improved Potato Varieties in the Tropics Comparing Locally Available Waste By-Products as Feedstocks forGasifier Cook-Stoves Book Review:Sustainable Agro-Watershed Management



  18. AN Issue #31
    2017-06-08 Feed Options for Ruminants in the Tropics Creating a Low-Cost Seed Dryer for Local Seed Banks



  19. AN Issue #30
    2017-02-02 Soils of Mainland Southeast Asia Permaculture in Development Book Review: The Independent Farmstead



  20. AN Issue #29
    2016-10-15 Diagnosing Crop Nutrient Deficiencies in the Field A Primer of Coffee Harvesting and Processing Book Review: Perennial Vegetable Gardening



  21. AN Issue #28
    2016-07-15 Farm-Generated Feed: Chicken Feed Production Seed Saving in the Tropics: Lessons Learned from the Network Book Review: The Seed Garden





  22. AN Issue #27
    2016-03-01 Soil Microorganisms: What They Do and How to Measure Them Constructing an Improved Cold Room for Seed Storage Corrections and Notes from AN 26 Book Review: Eat Your Greens



  23. AN Issue #26
    2015-09-20 Making and Testing an Alternative Herbicide for Smallholder Applications An Introduction to the Mound, Reservoir, and Paddy Model of Water Management Options for Smallholder Farms: Water Management Design Principles A Small Farm Water Management Case Study: Fighting Climate Change and Promoting...



  24. AN Issue #25
    2015-08-01 Bringing Balance and Caution to Tropical Forage Crops Farm-Generated Feed: Hog Feed Production Book Review: Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change Book Reivew: Where There is No Animal Doctor ECHO Asia Note 24 Correction A Letter from the Director: Call For Articles, Insights



  25. Asia Note Issue #24
    2015-06-15 Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Conservation Tricho-Composting in Bangladesh



  26. AN Issue #23
    2015-02-15 Working With Farmers in Malaysia The Use of Tropical Forages for Livelihood Improvement in Southeast Asia: A Focus on Livestock



  27. AN Issue #22
    2014-10-15 Letter from the Editor A Low-Cost Concrete Ring Aquaponics System Lessons Learned from Cement Ring Aquaponics Systems in Northern Thailand Selections From the ECHO Asia Seed Bank Book Review: Edible Leaves of the Tropics





  28. AN Issue #21
    2014-06-15 Note from the Editors Observations of SRI in Nakorn Sawan, Thailand Increase Yields and Save Money with Innovative SRI Tools SRI Roller Planting Marker SRI Transplanting Tools Learning from Farmers Important Contacts from this AN Seeking Applications for ECHO Asia’s National Volunteer Program



  29. AN Issue #20
    2014-03-15 Farm-Generated Feed: Fish Feed Production Producing the Biocontrol Fungi Trichoderma and Beauveria



  30. Asia Note Issues #19
    2013-12-15 Running a Diesel Engine on Biogas Research Note: Creating an Optimum Potting Mixture for Resource-Constrained Growers



  31. Asia Note Issue #18
    2013-09-15 The Participatory Approach: Illustrations from Experience New Seed Bank Additions



  32. Asia Note Issue #17
    2013-05-15 Sustainable Decentralized Water Treatment for Rural and Developing Communities Using Locally Generated Biochar Adsorbents An Introduction to Bokashi Fertilizers and Soil Amendments



  33. AN Issue #16
    2013-03-20 A Toolkit of Resilient Agricultural Responses to Climatic Challenges in Tropical Asia How to Facilitate Seed Exchanges During Country Meetings or as a Single-Day Event



  34. AN Issue #15
    2012-10-01 Demystifying Soybean Production and Marketing: Our Experience in Laos Soil Quality Assessment: Why and How



  35. AN Issue #14
    2012-07-01 Vacuum Sealing vs. Refrigeration: Which is the most effective way to store seeds? The Crop Genetic Pump: A Possible Task for NGOs



  36. AN Issue #13
    2012-04-01 Vegetable Production Throughout the Rainy Season Three Cheers for Job's Tears: Asia's Other Indigenous Grain Electronic Resource Library



  37. AN Issue #12
    2012-01-01 Seed fairs: Fostering local seed exchange to support regional biodiversity Strengthening Informal Indigenous Seed Systems in Southeast Asia



  38. AN Issue #11
    2011-10-01 Testing Seed Viability Using Simple Germination Tests



  39. AN Issue #10
    2011-07-01 The Use of Green Manure/Cover Crops for Relay Cropping in Northern Thailand



  40. AN Issue #9
    2011-04-01 Biochar - An Organic House for Soil Microbes Preparation of Modified Mat Nurseries cd3wd: A Digital Treasure Trove



  41. AN Issue #8
    2011-01-01 Zanthoxylum: A Low-Profile Asian Crop with Great Potential Build Your Own Seed Germination Cabinet for Testing Seed Viability



  42. AN Issue #7
    2010-10-01 Charcoal Production in 200-Liter Horizontal Drum Kilns An Introduction to Wood Vinegar Tropical Agriculture Workshop



  43. AN Issue #6
    2010-07-01 The Recent Introduction of Niger Seed (Guizotia abyssinica) Production in Northern Thailand Gardening without Digging World List of Seed Sources: FAO plant materials search engine Tropical Agriculture Workshop



  44. AN Issue #5
    2010-04-01 Agriculture Components for Small Institutions: Realistic Expectations and Best Practices Asian Plant Name Databases



  45. AN Issue #4
    2010-01-01 The Amazing Effects of Rice Straw Preserving Bamboo with Borates ECHO Agricultural Conference for Northeast India



  46. AN Issue #3
    2009-10-01 Micro-Hydro in Myanmar and Thailand Crotalaria juncea, a promising green manure crop for the tropics



  47. AN Issue #2
    2009-07-01 Lessons Learned from the Spread of SRI in Cambodia SRI Practical and AV Material Webpage



  48. AN Issue #1
    2009-04-01 ECHO Comes to Southeast Asia The World Food Situation Amaranth Potential for the Highlands of Southeast Asia Grown in Asia - Lesser Known Crops of Significance Books, Websites and Other Resources