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Resources Tagged: Tropics

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  1. Pig keeping in the tropics

    2004-01-20 Pigs and pig keeping in one form or another can be found almost anywhere in the world. Especially of course in country areas it is common for communities to have pigs rooting and roaming freely around the dwellings, to be brought in one day as household needs require. Pig keeping enterprises are...
    Swine-Tropics Swine Tropics Pigs

  2. Pastoralist Managed Natural Regeneration

    2017-02-09 This session will demonstrate Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) as a low-cost, sustainable land-restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst poor subsistence farmers in developing countries by increasing food, fodder and livelihood production, while enhancing...
    Natural Regeneration Soil Land Restoration Subsistence Farmer Sustainable Climate Tropics Pastoralist Dryland Farming East Africa

  3. Natural Farming

    2013-10-20 In Chiang Mai, Thailand, during the late1990s, I became aware of farming practices that utilized beneficial microorganisms to enhance small farm resources and production in the tropics. Such techniques, enabling soil recovery and improving smallscale crop and livestock production, blended...
    Natural Farming Tropics Agricultural Devel... Microbial-based Fa...

  4. Sequel to Amaranth to Zai Holes

    2012-04-20 Many of you are already familiar withECHO’s previously published book,Amaranth to Zai Holes (A-Z ), acompilation of the first 51 issues ofEDN . Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmersis a sequel to A-Z , with contentdrawn primarily from issues 52 through100 of EDN , but also containing...
    Agricultural Devel... Tropics Sub-Tropics Smallholder Farm Urban Gardening Agricultural System Poverty Subsistence Farming

  5. Temperate Fruit Trees in the Tropics

    2015-02-03
    Fruit Trees Tropics East Africa

  6. Conservation Farming for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics Systems

    1984-01-01 This illustrated book explores many issues concerning impacting small farmers in in the humid tropics. Topics include farming constraints, minimum tillage, fertility regenerating systems, pest and disease management, fuelwood trees, & fodder trees. 2 copies
    Tropics Sri Lanka Farming-Tropics

  7. Soil erosion and Conservation in the Tropics

    1982-01-01 This publication resulted from a symposium held at the American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America in August 1979. Although the manuscripts focus on soil erosion and conservation in the tropics, works also can apply to many parts of the world.
    Soil Conservation Soil Erosion Tropics

  8. Special Commission On The Humid Tropics A Select Annotated Bibliography Of The Humid Tropics

    1960-01-01 A listing of publications on different areas of the tropics.
    Tropics

  9. Propagating and Planting Trees

    Proper management of trees and forests is necessary to make resources sustainable. Treesor rather: woody plants in general play an important part in traditional farming systems in the tropics, not just as food and cash crops but also as suppliers of fuelwood and fodder. Farmers are also aware of...
    Trees Tropics Fruit Trees-Propag... Trees-Propagation Tree Planting plants JCB

  10. Tropical leaf vegetables in human nutrition

    This book unfolds the arguments, explains the materials, and comments on the cultivation and the household preparation of leaf resources.
    Edible greens Tropics Diet Vegetables Nutrition