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  1. TN #53 Chaya

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    2006-01-01 Dr. Martin Price, co-founder of ECHO and former head of ECHO’s Agricultural Resources Department, has said, “I would consider chaya to be one of the five most important underutilized food plants ECHO distributes. I give it this rank because of its ability to thrive in both arid and rainy regions,...
    Chaya Cnidosculous chaya...
     

  2. Creating a Low-Cost Seed Dryer for Use in Local Seed Banks

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    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 31. Saving your own seeds can be a cost-effective way to access crop seed for future planting and to help maintain the planet’s plant biodiversity. Whether you plant your own saved seeds, give them away to friends and neighbors, or distribute them through...
    Seeds Seed Drying Seed Bank Asia
     

  3. Techniques to Boost Plants’ Stress Tolerance and Extend Fruit Marketability

    2019-04-26 In August of 2018, I attended the 30th International Horticultural Congress in Istanbul, Turkey. It was an excellent opportunity to meet other scientists and to hear talks on horticultural topics, many of which were relevant to ECHO’s network. Here is a synopsis of a few of those talks.
    Post Harvest Food crops-Post ha... Food crops-Post ha... Value Added Mango Evaporative Cooling Cooling
     

  4. Extending the Life of your Seeds

    2005-01-20 Farmers everywhere plant seeds with the expectation that they will germinate, grow and produce a crop that can be harvested. In some cases, the seeds that are planted germinate as hoped. In other cases, seed germination percentage is quite poor. This article will address some aspects about seeds...
    Seeds Seed Saving
     

  5. Germination to Detoxify Jack Bean

    2019-04-26 In EDN 142,we linked to several documents from Feed the Future, produced with support from USAID for the RAMA-BC (Resilient Agricultural Markets Activity — Beira Corridor) project. Another, slightly longer document by Zachary Hall describes how to germinate, soak and boil jack beans, to detoxify...
    Jackbean Food Processing
     

  6. Loquat: A Fruit Tree Adaptable to Many Locations

    2005-01-20 A relative of pear, apple, and peach, the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree is a lesser-known fruit.
    Fruit Trees
     

  7. EDN Issue #52

    1996-04-19 Home-Grown Beans Produce Less Gas How Toxic Is the Herbicide 2,4-D In Memoriam Scott Sherman, Age 36 Portable Gardens Made From Old Tires Tropical High-Altitude Growing Conditions
     

  8. EDN Issue #143

    2019-04-26 Learning about and from local seed systems Germination to Detoxify Jack Bean Techniques to Boost Plants’ Stress Tolerance and Extend Fruit Marketability From ECHO's Seed Bank: Fever Tree Books, Web Sites and Other Resources:Planetary Health Diet Proposal
     

  9. Learning about and from Local Seed Systems

    2019-04-26 At ECHO’s 2014 International Agriculture Conference, Dr. Laura Meitzner Yoder gave a plenary talk titled “Planting Connections: Learning from local seed systems and fostering community seed exchange.” The talk was based on collaborative work that was done by the following: Rick Burnette, ECHO...
    Seed Systems Seed industry and ... Seed Exchange Seed Fair Seeds-Tropics Seed Selection Seed Production
     

  10. EDN Issue #87

    2005-04-20 Experience with chaya, moringa and katuk in Indonesia Making Friends with Dark Green Leafy Vegetables of the Mustard Family