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  1. TN #79 Nutrient Quantity vs Access

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    2014-01-01 In order to achieve high levels of agricultural productivity in the tropics at the lowest possible economic and ecological costs, we need to properly understand the relationship between nutrients in the soil and crop productivity. For this to happen, the current understanding needs to change. The...
    Soil Nutrients Ecological Restora... Soil Fertility Agricultural Produ...
     

  2. 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...
     

  3. Moringa drouhardii and M. ovalifolia

    2012-01-01 While most of our network members are familiar with “moringa,” the moringa family (Moringaceae) actually contains many species. We have promoted the ever-popular M. oleifera, conducting our own taste-test trials to offer our network a more favorably tasting tree; we also work with the more...
    Moringa Moringaceae
     

  4. Strategies to Help Prepare for and Respond to Disaster

    2014-01-01 https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/71356f86-d90a-4032-9775-681c581fa715What if you are working in a community when disaster strikes it? What steps toward recovery can you take in such a situation? And what actions can be taken beforehand to minimize the damage from a large-scale,...
    Relief Typhoon Sudan Rural Development Haiti Disaster conservation Risk Reduction Needs Assessment Replant Agricultural Devel... Chaya Strawberry Tree Moringa Papaya Risk Assessment Philippines
     

  5. Tolerance of Moringa oleifera to Freeze Events

    2012-01-01 Through funding from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, ECHO has completed an initial year of research in South Africa (Limpopo Province). Our goal is to conduct research applicable to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of our research has been to study a moringa/legume intercropping system, in...
    Moringa Limpopo Legume Intercropping Freeze Events Mulching
     

  6. Concentrating Manure near Crop Plants Boosts Soil Fertility

    2013-04-20 An important principle of conservationagriculture is that of targeted, precision applications of organic or inorganic fertilizer near crop plants, as opposed to evenly dispersing inputs over an entire field. In a row-crop setting, this can be done by banding fertilizer next to the crop plants. In...
    Zai Manure Soil Nutrients Zai Pit FFF Soil Fertility
     

  7. The Nutrient Content of Moringa oleifera Leaves

    2020-01-01 Despite considerable interest in the use of Moringa oleifera as a nutrient source, gaps and inconsistencies in the information on the nutrient content of this interesting plant remain. There are many reasons for this. The nutrient content of newly harvested plant material naturally varies with...
    Moringa Leaf Extract Moringa oleifera Moringa Leafy Vegetables Malnutrition Health and Nutrition
     

  8. Dry Land Moringa

    2012-12-20
    Dry Land Moringa