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  1. Introducing a New Crop: Reasons Why Seeds Fail

    2009-07-20 Many of you have graciously taken the time to fill out the seed harvest report form that accompanies each mailing of seeds from our seed bank. In reading reports from people in our network, we want to learn whether the seeds we are sending out have improved the lives of poor small-holder farmers....
    Abelmoschus caillei Crop Pests Rural Development Seeds Moringa Amaranth Sorghum Maize Psophocarpus tetra... Sauropus androgynus Muntingia calabura Vigna unguiculata Brassica carinata

  2. Maize in Semi-arid Areas

    2006-10-20 The best semi-arid environments only produce maize in 6 years out of 10.
    Maize Semi-arid Drought

  3. More on Maize in Africa

    2007-01-20 One should only be critical of the decisions which have been made voluntarily by millions of smallholder farmers when one has the fullest understanding of all the reasons which led to their making a change in their cropping, and particularly their staple food.
    Maize Crops Grains West Africa East Africa

  4. Echos From our Network

    1996-10-19 CINDY FAKE with Foodfor the Hungry in Mozambique wrote about her experiences controlling locusts with a tea made from leaves of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica). Meg LaVal in Costa Rica wrote of her successes withvermicomposting, or using worms to create compost quickly. “I have worked...
    Locust Neem Botanical Spray Cowpea Maize Vermicompost

  5. Banana and Maize Projects Rwanda

    2014-10-20
    Banana Maize East Africa

  6. Poster - 2-4-2 Maize/Legume Intercropping Trial Update (2016)

    2016-11-20 The 2:4 maize–double cowpea system consists of a repeating sequence of 4 rows of cowpea alternated with 2 rows of maize. Maize and cowpea are planted on the same day. The second cowpea crop is planted after the first has been harvested (about 60 days after planting).1The objective of this trial...
    Intercropping Maize Legume

  7. Maize Production with Manure- Amended Compost

    2021-01-01 Information from ECHO Network member Daryl Edwards from his work in Zimbabwe suggested that using quality compost containing 10% cow manure results in a maize harvest similar to that obtained with 100% cow manure. This could be significant to farmers who have small farm sizes and limited...
    Maize Compost Manure

  8. Combating Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease, Efforts and Progress

    2015-02-03
    Maize Diseases East Africa

  9. Working Together with Farmers to Understand and Build a More Sustainable Sloping Land Corn and Rice Farming System

    2017-10-03 In this workshop, I will describe and diagram the common sloping land corn and rice farming system. I will then identify leverage points within the system and how development workers can work with farmers to make these systems more sustainable.
    SALT Maize Rice corn Asia

  10. Let's store our maize well - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Maize grains have to be very dry and clean before you store them. The grains will stay free of pests and diseases for a long time in a metal granary, if you store them correctly. Available languages Arabic Bambara Bangla English French Kiswahili Spanish
    Maize Storage Post Harvest AccessAgriculture