Resources Tagged: Seed Bank

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  1. Low-Cost Natural Building Options for Storing Seed in Tropical Southeast Asia

    2018-05-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 38. Introduction Given the proper facilities necessary to store seeds long-term, whereby low temperature and low humidity are kept stable over time, it is very possible to store most orthodox seeds for several years at a time in the tropics (Harrington,...
    Seed Storage Natural Building Earthbag House Seed Bank Asia

  2. Seed bank targets food security in Asia

    2014-03-17 This audio slideshow reveals how the ECHO Asia Seedbanksaves and distributes underutilised seeds for free.
    Seed Bank Asia

  3. AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center

    The World Vegetable Center, an international nonprofit research and development institute, is committed to alleviating poverty and malnutrition in the developing world through the increased production and consumption of nutritious and health-promoting vegetables. They actively build networks and...
    Garden Vegetables Seed Bank Key Resource Seed Sources Germplasm

  4. A Low-Cost Germination Chamber in Earthbag House Seed Bank in NE Cambodia

    2016-01-08 ECHO Asia, in collaboration with Ntuk Nti small farm resource center and International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC), has just finished a 1-year research project (funded by the Presbyterian Hunger Program- USA) to identify key indigenous vegetable crop species in NE Cambodia and strengthen the seed...
    Seed Bank Germination Seed Germination Seeds Viability Research Appropriate Techni... Earthbag House Asia

  5. Cambodia Seed Saving Workshop 2015 Resources

    Resources from the Cambodia Seed Saving Workshop held on December 2-3 at Ntuk Nti Farm,Cambodia ECHO Asia, in conjunction with International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC) and Ntuk Nti, with funding from the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP-USA) held a seed saving workshop in Sen Monorem, Mondulkiri...
    Seed Bank Seed Germination Seed Saving Seed Fair Seed Exchange Seeds Seed Storage Asia

  6. ICRISAT - Proven technologies - Germplasm resources

    There is a diverse array of products emanating from ICRISAT’s mandate crops chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet — that have been derived from tangible outputs of projects. These are listed under the categories of Germplasm, Genomic resources, Informative...
    Seed Bank Seed Storage

  7. Purdue University Center for New Crops & Plant Products - Phytosanitation

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    Seed Exchange Seed Bank Key Resource

  8. CO2 Flushing

    2016-01-20 Carbon dioxide (CO2) flushing is a technique by which carbon dioxide is added to a storage container of seeds in an effort to replace oxygen (which seeds use to respire) with the carbon dioxide. The idea is that the lack of oxygen will increase the seed storage ability by slowing down the...
    Seed Bank Seed Saving Seed Storage CO2 Flushing Asia

  9. BPN #5 - Seed Storage in the Tropics

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    2016-03-22 Yearly production of grains, pulses, and vegetables depends on a reliable supply of quality seed. This is true for the farmer growing a crop to feed their family as well as for the agricultural worker evaluating and growing out seeds of a new crop species or variety that could improve lives. In...
    Seed Germination Seed Bank Seed Storage

  10. About The ECHO Global Seed Bank

    The goal of the ECHO Global Seed Bank is to serve as a resource for development workers who wish to experiment with underutilized crops as they work to improve the lives of small scale farmers and gardeners. The seed bank maintains a collection of hard-to-find seeds that thrive under the often...
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