Should I Apply for Organic Certification? A Practical Guide for Farmers and Producers
Echoes from Our Network: Grow Fertility using Green Manure/Cover Crops
From ECHO’s Seed Bank: ‘Georgia-1’ pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
Articles
‘Georgia-1’ pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
Robert Walle
Among our multi-purpose legumes, the ECHO Global Seed Bank offers a special variety of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) to include in small-farmer systems worldwide. ‘Georgia-1’ flowers and forms seed pods mostly at one time (semi-determinate) and flowers regardless of day length (day-length neutral). It is of shorter duration (65 to 100 days to flowering) and grown mostly for its pulse grain.
Should I Apply for Organic Certification?
Spencer Leung, GO Organics Peace International
Organic certification can open premium markets and strengthen sustainable farming practices, but it also requires time, meticulous record-keeping, and significant financial investment. This article helps those working with small-scale farmers consider the advantages and disadvantages of organic certification at different scales.
Is Aquaponics for me?
Elliott Toevs
We hope that this aquaponics decision tree will help guide you through some of the initial questions to ask if you are considering venturing into the world of aquaponics.
Grow Fertility using Green Manure/Cover Crops
Nathan Deboer
This system was piloted with a woman farmer in Malawi whose land had become nearly unusable. Our goal was to introduce a regenerative process that would help her restore soil fertility using accessible, scalable methods.