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Tropical Lowlands

Tropical lowland regions are characterized by high humidity and annual rainfall. Lowlands exist around the world in microclimates but predominate areas of South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, and Coastal regions of the tropics. One of the main agricultural concerns for lowland regions is dealing with waterlogged soils and related plant pathogens.

  1. Principles of Agriculture For The Humid Tropics

    19/11/1997 Principles for increasing organic matter in order to increase soil fertility. Little by little, work in a dozen countries has convinced us that the vast majority of soils can be made highly fertile. How? By using our first principle:maximize organic matter production.
    Roland Bunch Cover Crops Green Manures Mulch

  2. TN #82 SICA, El Sistema Intensificado de Cultivo de Arroz: Menos Puede Ser Más

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    21/9/2015 El Sistema Intensificado de Cultivo de Arroz (SICA) es un método de cultivar el arroz que produce las cosechas bastante más fructíferas con la siembra de muchas menos plantas de semillero y el uso de menos aportes que cualquier método tradicional (p.ej., la inundación) o más “moderno” (usar el...
    SRI System of Rice Int... SCI System of Crop Int...

  3. Tomato Grafting in Southeast Asia: A Useful Technique for Rainy Season Production

    Tomatoes are difficult to grow during Southeast Asia’s hot and humid monsoonal rainy season. A combination of waterlogged soils, increased disease pressure, and high temperatures often kill young tomato transplants or significantly reduce yields. As an introduced crop, originally from South...
    Vegetable Grafting Grafting Tomatoes flood resistant waterlogged soils Asia

  4. TN #64 Fish Farming: Basics of Raising Tilapia & Implementing Aquaculture Projects

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    1/7/2010 La piscicultura puede generar mucho interés y emoción. Tiene potencial de producir proteínas de alta calidad en periodos relativamente cortos y áreas pequeñas. La piscicultura es una manera para agricultores con escasos recursos en todo el mundo de proveer proteínas que son demasiado caras para...
    Aquaculture Fish Farming Tilapia JCB

  5. Vegetable Production Through the Rainy Season

    1/4/2012 This article is found in ECHO Asia Note #13 The cool, dry season offers the best window for vegetable production in the tropics, assuming an adequate water supply. Pest and disease pressures are relatively low and temperatures are moderate. By contrast, the rainy season brings a combination of...
    Asia

  6. TN #92 Bambú para construcción

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    17/5/2018 Muchas plantas consideradas invaluables para el pequeño productor ofrecen alimento nutritivo para la familia, forraje para los animales o madera para la construcción. ¡De manera notable, el bambú ofrece todas estas tres ventajas en una sola planta perenne! Esta Nota Técnica se centrará en cómo...
    Bamboo preservation Bamboo Bamboo Construction JCB

  7. Rice Hull Gold - 10 On-Farm Uses of Rice Hulls

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 37. One of the great challenges of sustainable agriculture is the sourcing of adequate and affordable organic (carbon based) resources that can be used on-farm for the production of food and feed. Utilizing composts, manures, mulches, and other organic inputs...
    Waste By-products Rice Hulls

  8. Farm-Generated Feed: Fish Feed Production

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #20 Farm-generated fertility makes agriculture more sustainable. Crop residues and manures are part of the nutrient cycle and can lower input costs through the use of thermophilic composting, vermiculture, bokashi production, or green manures. Farm-generated...
    Fish Farming Black Soldier Fly Asia

  9. Farm-Generated Feed: Hog Feed Production

    1/8/2015 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #25
    Asia

  10. Making On-Farm Pig Feed: Farm-Generated Formulas vs. Commercial Feeds

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    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 42 The integration of livestock on the smallholder farm is often a key component to the long-term sustainability of the farm, specifically by means of critical nutrient cycling. Livestock play a unique and critical role on the farm, transforming plant and...
    Pig Feed on-farm feed Banana Stem banana silage fermented feed Hogs farm generated feed Pigs Asia

  11. Preserving Bamboo with Borates

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #4 Working together with Thai Care, the children's ministry of the Rain Tree Foundation, Meribah Ram Pump is engaged in various community development projects in northern Thailand. A major focus is to make simple, sustainable technology, such as ram pumps and...
    Pest Control Biological Control Bamboo Bamboo preservation Borates Borax Boric acid Asia

  12. Increase Yields and Save Money with Innovative SRI Tools

    14/6/2014 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #21 The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a promising rice-farming methodology that is able both to lower production costs—of seed, fertilizer, chemicals, and water—and to increase yield by enabling each rice plant to reach its full potential. However,...
    SRI Asia

  13. A Toolkit of Resilient Agricultural Responses to Climatic Challenges in Tropical Asia

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #16 During the 2012 ECHO Agriculture Workshop in Yangon, 63 attendees representing at least 25 agriculture and community development organizations from across Myanmar were polled about their observations and opinions related to climate change. The vast majority...
    Asia

  14. TN #34 Banana, Coco & Árbol de Pan

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    1/6/1998 Hay más de cien especies principales de frutas en los trópicos, haciendo una contribución interesante al apetito y también a la nutrición. Estas especies varían en sus requerimientos ecológicos, en estación de producción, en rendimientos, usos, y por supuesto en otras características. Las tres...
    Banana Coconut Breadfruit JCB

  15. Handbook of Animal Health

    1/1/2007 Formerly published under the name, "Where there is no Animal Doctor" This is an amazing manual covering animal functions of all the major domestic animals. It contains an incredible amount of information in one volume. It is written in a simple, easy to understand style, supplemented with many...
    Animal Production Medicine Veterinary Emergen... Veterinary Veterinary Medicine Animal Parasites Animal Welfare Domestic Animals-D... Domestic Animals-P... Domestic Animals Veterinary Vaccines

  16. Cowpea Varieties for Warm Rainy Season

    17/7/2020 El caupí (Vigna unguiculata) es una leguminosa con frijoles comestibles, que se siembra a través de los trópicos como cultivo de abono verde/cobertura. El caupí prospera en climas cálidos con una precipitación anual de 750 a 1100 mm. Una vez que sus raíces se establecen, es bastante tolerante a...
    Cowpea Cowpea-Diseases & ... Variety trial

  17. Katuk, Sauropus Androgynous, A Great Vegetable For The Hot, Humid Tropics (With A Caution)

    19/2/1998 Katuk,Sauropus androgynous, is an excellentvegetablefor hot, humid climates. It has a pleasant peanut-like taste when eaten raw and the cooked leaves taste excellent as spinach.
    Underutilized Crops Katuk Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  18. A Spinach for the Humid Lowland Tropics

    19/7/1997 The thick, succulent leaves of the Malabar spinach vine,Basella alba, are among ECHO’s favorite vegetables to grow during our hot, humid summer which mimics that of the tropical lowlands. Native to tropical lowland regions of Asia, this short-lived perennial vine tolerates high temperatures and...

  19. Important Food Plants for Lowland Nigeria

    20/1/2011 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Lowland Nigeria. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...

  20. Three Cheers for Job's Tears: Asia's Other Indigenous Grain

    1/4/2012 This article is found in ECHO Asia Note #13 Introduction In many parts of tropical Asia, especially on rainfed farms, there has been an explosion of acreage planted in maize. The increase in commercial maize production is driven by growing livestock feed demand, and is displacing many traditional...
    Asia

  21. Maní del Inca (Plukenetia volubilis)

    30/10/2015 Inca nut (Plukenetia volubilis) is a forest plant from the South American Amazon where it has been used as a wild food source for over 3000 years. It is gaining attention as a valuable vegetable oil crop, and is now being grown more widely. ECHO recently obtained seed from Southeast Asia, which...
    Industrial Crops Inca Nut Plukenetia volubilis

  22. Soils of Mainland Southeast Asia

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #30 Editor’s Note: Peter is a freelance consultant based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with a M.Sc. in Agriculture from Leipzig, Germany. Peter is a former researcher in “The Uplands Program,” a collaborative research program between Hohenheim University (Germany),...
    Acidic Soil Soil Asia

  23. Acidic soils of the Tropics

    1/10/2019 Acidic soils are soils with a pH lower than 7. For most plants, having a pH between 6 and 7.5 is ideal (see table 1 for more exact numbers), but soils can become dangerous when their pH drops beneath 4.5. As the pH drops, aluminum becomes more soluble, toxifying the soil and harming the plants....
    Acidic Soil

  24. Agricultura de conservación en áreas con alta precipitación

    30/4/2015 Recientemente conocimos de correspondencia entre varios miembros de la red sobre el tema de Agricultura de Conservación (AC) en áreas lluviosas. La información parecía ser potencialmente útil para otros miembros de la red de ECHO de manera que la compartimos aquí.
    Conservation Agric...

  25. El frijol de bajura - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video Los agricultores en Guatemala explican cómo producir frijoles en áreas bajas y calientes, primero seleccionando una variedad de frijol que se adapta al calor. Siembran los frijoles en el invierno, y a veces tienen que regarlos. Los frijoles se pueden sembrar solos...
    AccessAgriculture Beans Tropical Lowlands Crop Selection Latin America and ...