About ECHOcommunity

ECHOcommunity is a membership community that provides access to nearly all of ECHO’s resources online, as well as communications tools to help development workers connect with each other.   View a list of ECHOcommunity.org features here.

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Upcoming events

ECHO Asia: Tropical Agriculture & Development (TAD) Course
Mon, 2 June 2025 » Sat, 7 June 2025

ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center Chiang Mai, Thailand, Thailand

  This 1-week course is designed for development workers, missionaries, and volunteers looking to engage their communities with low-cost, high-impact agricultural innovations and techniques. Participants will be introduced to various agricultural practices and technologies through classroom time and hands-on activities on the farm, learning to 'use what you have to make what you need.' This course is considered an 'introductory survey course' and will present a broad overview of many op...

Encuentro en Guatemala 1 - Cobán, Alta Verapaz
Wed, 4 June 2025 » Wed, 4 June 2025

Oficinas de ASECSA, Guatemala

El presente año 2025 ECHO puso en marcha la implementación del Centro de Impacto Regional (CIR) para Centroamérica y el Caribe (CAC), para lo cual ya cuenta con una directora regional. ECHO fue fundada en 1973 en Haití, por lo que tiene profundas raíces en esta región, de manera que el lanzamiento de este CIR es una especie de regreso a casa con presencia física. El CIR CAC tiene como objetivo fortalecer la capacidad de una red diversa de actores en la región para hacer frente al hambre...

Encuentro en Guatemala 2 – Ciudad de Guatemala
Tue, 10 June 2025 » Tue, 10 June 2025

Oficinas centrales de Casa del Alfarero, Guatemala

El presente año 2025 ECHO puso en marcha la implementación del Centro de Impacto Regional (CIR) para Centroamérica y el Caribe (CAC), para lo cual ya cuenta con una directora regional. ECHO fue fundada en 1973 en Haití, por lo que tiene profundas raíces en esta región, de manera que el lanzamiento de este CIR es una especie de regreso a casa con presencia física. El CIR CAC tiene como objetivo fortalecer la capacidad de una red diversa de actores en la región para hacer frente al hambre...

Cultivating the Rain with Ecological Agriculture
Sat, 14 June 2025 » Sat, 14 June 2025

Online,

Online | June 14 You are invited to attend the free online Zoom Ecological Agriculture class, Cultivating the Rain with Ecological Agriculture on Saturday, June 14, 2025, 9:00-11:00 am (Hawaii Standard Time), 2-4 pm Central Time, 19:00-21:00 (UTC). The class will share methods that work with nature to conserve & collect water, heal the soil, increase production, and reduce labor & inputs. Participants will learn strategies and practices that they can apply on any scale in backya...

Encuentro Nacional - Nicaragua
Tue, 17 June 2025 » Wed, 18 June 2025

Rayo de Sol, Nicaragua

El presente año 2025 ECHO puso en marcha la implementación del Centro de Impacto Regional (CIR) para Centroamérica y el Caribe (CAC), para lo cual ya cuenta con una directora regional. ECHO fue fundada en 1973 en Haití, por lo que tiene profundas raíces en esta región, de manera que el lanzamiento de este CIR es una especie de regreso a casa con presencia física. El CIR CAC tiene como objetivo fortalecer la capacidad de una red diversa de actores en la región para hacer frente al ha...

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Abelmoschus caillei originated and is now grown mostly in West and Central Africa where it has become an important vegetable crop. This species of okra is particularly popular with subsistence farmers as it can produce a foo...

Chipilin

Chipilín (Crotalaria longirostrata) is native to southern Mexico and Central America. This species of Crotalaria is a popular food plant in countries such as Guatemala and El Salvador (Morton, 1994). It is probably the speci...

IPPC Plant Health Campus

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Edible seeds, leaves and flowers as Maya Super Foods: Function and composition

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Field guide to common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa

2019 3rd edition : 480 pages

East Africa boasts a tremendous natural wealth of flora – indigenous, naturalized and exotic. This field guide features some 600 of the trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves commonly found...

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