Resources Tagged: Tropics

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  1. 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 Dry Land Tropics Pastoralist East Africa

  2. Natural Farming

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    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...

  3. 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

  4. Temperate Fruit Trees in the Tropics

    2015-02-03
    Fruit Trees Tropics East Africa

  5. Inexpensive Mass Propagation Techniques for Introducing Improved Potato Varieties in the Tropics

    2017-08-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 32. Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) contain high-quality food properties and are very good protein and energy sources on a daily per hectare basis of production (Frusciante et al. 2000). Potatoes are grown mostly in cool climate areas. In the tropics, they...
    Potato Plant Propagation Tropics Asia

  6. SALT: Agroforestry Options for Upland Farming in the Humid Tropics

    2017-10-05 The Sloping Agriculture Land Technologies (SALT) were developed in the Philippines more than 30 years ago. They were developed with local farmers incorporating some key principles for farming the uplands in the humid tropics such as soil erosion control, fertility management through use of plant...
    SALT Agroforestry Tropics Asia

  7. Directory of Selected Tropical Forestry Journals and Newsletters- 2nd Edition

    1997-01-01 The directory contains lists of a variety of organizations producing journals and newsletters on tropical forests. Names of organizations, addresses, phone number, emails, and focus are all provided.
    Forests and forest... Forests and forest... Tropics

  8. Farming for the Future

    1992-03-10 Amazon.com Description This text examines the strategies and techniques of Low-External-Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) in the tropics and analyzes the scientific principles behind them. The central aim of the book is to show development workers how they can assist small-scale farmers...
    Sustainable Agricu... Tropics Developing countries Farms-Small

  9. Natural Crop Protection in the Tropics (1992)

    1992-01-01 Includes chapters on: Principles of Preventive Crop Protection; Pests in Field and Store; Methods of Crop and Storage Protection; references; index.
    Tropics Natural Pesticides Tropics-Crop storage Botanical pesticides

  10. Natural Crop Protection: based on local farm resources in the tropics and subtropics (1987)

    1986-01-12 Includes index. Translated by: John Coates. $apests rice maize legumes vegetables fruits storage insecticidal plants ashes baits traps vegetable oils mineral substances
    Tropics Natural pests Tropics-Crop storage Botanical pesticides