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  1. Promoting Biodiversity on Maize Smallholdings

    2020-04-14 In East Africa, agricultural practices to maximize production have greatly diminished biodiversity, reducing the functioning of ecosystem services valuable to human and landscape health. Primary research about the impact of avian biodiversity on crop production in maize fields in Arusha, Tanzania...
    Bird Attracting Birds-Environmenta... Agroecology Ecosystem Services Birds-Ecology Agrobiodiversity Agrobiodiversity c... Biodiversity-Study... Biodiversity Conse... East Africa
     

  2. EDN Issue #147

    2020-04-14 Responding in the Case of an Epidemic or Pandemic A Tip of the Hat to the Tippy Tap Promoting Biodiversity on Maize Smallholdings: Importance of Birds From ECHO's Seed Bank:Fast-Growing Plants for Household Food Supply Echoes from Our Network: 100-Fold Gardens in Honduras Books, Web Sites, and...
     

  3. 100-Fold Gardens in Honduras

    2020-04-14 This article is an update about 100-fold gardens being built in Honduras. Dan Sikkink gives perspective and photos of contextualizing the technique to fit the local context.
    100-Fold Gardens
     

  4. Fast-Growing Plants for Household Food Supply

    2020-04-14 Quarantines, preventative measures associated with disease outbreaks like COVID-19, limit people’s ability to go to markets and stores to get food. People may also find that they have extra time around the house to invest in gardening. During such times, household gardening gains importance for...
    Fast Growing Plants Food Supply-Develo... Edible Leaves
     

  5. A Tip of the Hat to the Tippy Tap

    2020-04-14 This article explains the relevance of a simple sanitation technology (the Tippy Tap) for carrying out health authority recommendations during outbreaks. It also lists aditional resources including pictoral guides, for how to make this adaptable and low-input technology.
    Tippy tap Handwashing Sanitation Health and hygiene
     

  6. Learning from a Post-Program Review

    2020-04-14 Have you ever wondered about the long-term impact of a project with which you were involved? Wouldn’t it be nice to know whether changes in a community lasted after an official program ended? Do you wish you knew what worked and what did not, so you could adjust for a more effective program next...
    Grain Amaranth Amaranth Amaranthus spp Amaranthus Agricultural devel... East Africa
     

  7. Responding in the Case of an Epidemic or Pandemic

    2020-04-14 This article overviews some suggestions for ways to respond in communities to the presence of a highly contagious disease. Concepts discussed include both practices and principlesfor disease mitigation as well as culturally-considerate communication, strengthening the human immuity, and long-term...
    Community Health Sanitation Health and hygiene
     

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