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  1. Economics of Tropical Agriculture

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    Small-scale farming is a surprisingly complex enterprise with multiple areas of risk that also present opportunities for impact. -- David Erickson, CEO, ECHO "Small farmers produce much of the developing world's food. Yet they are generally much poorer than the rest of the population in these...
    Economics
     

  2. 2020 ECHO Asia Intro to Soil Science

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    This 4 part training gives a broad overview and introduction to some basic soil characteristics: phases (solid, liquid, gas), texture, density, structure, reaction (pH), plant-water relationships, organic matter, biology and nutrients. After some classroom discussion we went head out to into the...
    Soil science Soil Profiles Soil Horizons Soil Testing Plant Health Asia
     

  3. Amaranth to Zai Holes: ideas for growing food under difficult conditions

    Key Resource 1996-01-01 2 Copies This is a book of practical ideas. It is written for people who help those who live and make their living under difficult conditions in the tropics and subtropics. What should a development worker do to assist a community? There are no simple answers, but there are many possibilities—...
    Tropical crops Tropics Developing countries Food Crops-Tropics
     

  4. Let's Restore Our Land: Church and Community Leaders Working Together to Restore the Land

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    2007-01-20 Let’s Restore Our Land describes how church and community leaders came to realize that the soil that produces our food is becoming weak, and the forests that provide us with many resources are disappearing. They recognized that God has given us the responsibility to care for and protect these...
    Economic developme... Land Restoration North America Latin America and ... West Africa
     

  5. Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmers: A handbook for those who serve them

    Key Resource 2012-01-01 Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmers features selected content from the first 100 issues of ECHO Development Notes, a quarterly technical bulletin targeted towards ECHO's international network of development workers. It is a book filled with practical options for helping resource-poor,...
    Urban Gardening Smallholder ECHO Resources
     

  6. Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmers: A handbook for those who serve them

    Key Resource 2017-12-17 Kindle and Paperback Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmers is a book filled with practical options for those working to assist small-holder farmers and urban gardeners in the tropics and subtropics, many of whom struggle to produce enough food to feed their families. How can we help the...
    Urban Gardening ECHO Resources
     

  7. Properties and management of soils in the tropics (2nd ed.)

    Key Resource 2019-01-20 Second edition of this classic textbook expands on the first edition to include advances made in the last four decades, bringing the topic completely up to date. The book addresses critical issues such as whether humanity can feed itself, and whether it can do so in environmentally sound and...
    Soils-Tropics Plant soil relatio... Soil science Sustainable Agricu...
     

  8. Restoring the Soil - Second edition

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    2019-05-21 Now available through Amazon as well as the ECHO Bookstore Smallholder farmers around the world face some of the harshest growing conditions globally, yet they produce the majority of the world’s food. Soils in these areas often lack nutrient and water holding capacities, due to erosion or poor...
    Soil Fertility Soil Management Developing countries Food Security Green Manure Cover...
     

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