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ECHO Webinar Series
Wed, 3 September 2025 » Sat, 22 November 2025
Online,
This series aims to serve the working group that ECHO and network members in Central Africa have joined to advance sustainable agriculture and agroecosystem strategies for smallholder farmers in practical ways. All are welcome to attend sessions that are pertinent to your work. Topics of the series include: Erosion and Flood Management Soil Pollution Land Conflicts, Transhumance, and Rural Infrastructure Climate Change Beekeeping (Apiculture) Aquaculture (Pisciculture) Appro...
IV International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species
Mon, 20 October 2025 » Fri, 24 October 2025
The Luminary Hotel & Co., USA
Beyond the few staple grains that supply most of the world’s food lies a host of plant species that are largely neglected in terms of research devoted to them. Among them are fruits, agroforestry species, green manure/cover crops, leafy greens, biofuel species, animal forage and fodder species, and plants that provide ecological services such as erosion control. Advancing our knowledge of these plants is vital to creating food and agroecosystems that thrive under challenging growing condition...
ECHO Asia Agriculture & Community Development Conference 2025
Wed, 22 October 2025 » Fri, 24 October 2025
Horizon Village & Resort, Thailand
Registrations Open! How can we help small scale farming initiatives thrive in Asia? We can provide low-cost, innovative options that allow people to grow both their crops and their knowledge, expand their operations, and thrive! Join us October 22-24 for 3-days of networking and opportunities to share ideas, technologies appropriate for small-scale farmers, and numerous practical demonstrations at the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank! In additio...
ECHO® International Agriculture Conference - 2025
Tue, 11 November 2025 » Thu, 13 November 2025
ECHO Global Farm and Crowne Plaza Fort Myers Gulf Coast Hotel, Ft. Myers, USA , USA
Visit The Conference Website Welcome to the 32nd annual ECHO International Agriculture Conference! This event brings together industry leaders, practitioners, researchers, and educators dedicated to eradicating hunger and improving lives through agriculture and community development. Our plenary, breakout, and workshop sessions offer valuable opportunities for learning and collaboration. Attendees will have the chance to hear from speakers who share their agricultural chal...
Farming God's Way
Tue, 20 January 2026 » Sat, 24 January 2026
ECHO North America, United States
Farming God's Way is an amazing solution to the food security and poverty crisis facing agricultural communities, using well-integrated biblical, management and technical keys to help break the yokes of physical and spiritual poverty among the poor. Farming God's Way is rooted in a deep, heartfelt consideration for the poor, based on our founding scripture, Isaiah 58. January 26-30 is an Introduction to Tropical Agriculture Development Training. If you would l...
LiteFarm
We co-design with farmers, making ease of use our top priority. Our features are built specifically for sustainable, diversified, agroecological, and organic farming operations. Multi-language support.
The Oxfam Framework and Guidance for Resilient Development
Resilience is a cross-cutting theme of the Oxfam Strategic Plan.3 It is particularly relevant to Change Goal 3 (saving lives, now and in the future); Change Goal 4 (sustainable food); Change Goal 5 (fair sharing of natural r...
Farmer-Led Seed Production: Community Seed Banks Enter the National Seed Market
Vernooy, R.; Rana, J.; Otieno, G.; Mbozi, H.; Shrestha, P. Farmer-Led Seed Production: Community Seed Banks Enter the National Seed Market. Seeds 2022, 1, 164–180. https://doi.org/10.3390/ seeds1030015
Abstract: Sm...
Community Seed Banks - A Practical Guide for Small-scale Farmers
ESAFF Uganda (2022). Community Seed Banks, A practical Guide for Small-scale Farmers.
This guide was developed to provide comprehensive, easy to use guidelines for small scale farmers who are interested in establis...
Oxfam
Oxfam’s Experiences with Supporting Community Seed Banks to Enhance Local Seed Security
Community Seed Banks in Nepal: Past, Present, Future, 2012, Oxfam, Nepal, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, Corresponding email: skhadka@oxfam.org.uk
Availability and use of quality seeds can play an important role in i...
SeedLinked
The SeedLinked Grower Network is the foundation of our seed platform! The dedicated group of gardeners, farmers, and trial managers that are part of the SeedLinked community are an integral part of crowdsourcing variety revi...
Seed Bank Management Systems
BRAHMS Database - University of Oxford - Seed Bank
The seed module, developed collaboratively with the Millennium Seed Bank at RBG Kew, has broad curation and research applications for projects that collect, store, test and distribute seed. Seed accessions with passport data...
Crop Trust - Grin Global Community Edition - GGCE
Organizing genebank records into a queryable database is a complex task for any genebank data manager. But the real difficulty comes later: new batches of data require constant updating of the database over time.
G...