ECHO Asia Note Articles






  1. This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 32. In many developing world households, meeting the daily energy needs required for cooking is burdensome and costly. Fortunately, low-cost cooking methods that require less fuel while burning more cleanly and efficiently are becoming available at the...





  2. This article is from ECHO Asia Note #12 Introduction When you come across an especially promising local variety of a crop grown in your area, how can you enable other farmers to try out this variety? If a farmer gives you 30 seeds of an exceptional variety, how might you go about distributing...





  3. Leaves of tropical crops like chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) and cassava (Manihot esculenta) contain cyanogenic glycosides, toxic substances that release hydrocyanic acid (HCN; also referred to as cyanide or prussic acid) when cells are crushed. Consuming these plants without cooking them can...





  4. This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 36. As an organization that seeks to equip people with agricultural resources and skills, we often find ourselves coming back to the seed. Again and again we witness the value saving open-pollinated seeds, shedding light on locally adapted and underutilized...





  5. This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 41. [Editor’s Note: Anthony Wong the Managing Director of the Frangipani Langkawi Resort in Langkawi, Malaysia andis a longtime steward of green initiatives in Malaysia and the region. Using constructed wetland systems, grey water at his hotels are cleaned...
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Notas Técnicas de ECHO (TN)






  1. ¿Entones usted quiere ayudar a la gente que vive en el trópico? ¡Maravilloso! El trópico está esperando por usted. No importa cuáles sean sus habilidades, usted puede mejorar la vida de otras personas que viven en el trópico. La preocupación que usted tiene por el bienestar físico y espiritual de...

General Technical Documents






  1. In every region of the world it is necessary to find or develop appropriate techniques for agriculture. A large part of the surface of the world is arid, characterized as too dry for conventional rain fed agriculture. Yet, millions of people live in such regions, and if current trends in...





  2. 5/10/2019 Integración de Animales y Estrategias de Alimentación en Fincas de Pequeños Agricultores del Trópico: Enfoques y métodos para aumentar la sostenibilidad y la rentabilidad Una de las mejores cosas que uno puede hacer para completar su finca o huerto sostenible es balancearla con una pequeña unidad...

ECHO Asia Notes






  1. 1/3/2016 Soil Microorganisms: What They Do and How to Measure Them Constructing an Improved Cold Room for Seed Storage Corrections and Notes from AN 26 Book Review: Eat Your Greens

Food Plant Solutions - Publications






  1. 20/9/2015 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants for a healthy diet inIndonesia. 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...





  2. 20/9/2015 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Indonesia. 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 very...

Libros






  1. 1/1/2013 This publicationon “Water Harvesting – Guidelines to Good Practice”was mandated by IFAD, prepared by WOCAT in collaboration with MetaMeta and RAIN and funded by SDC and IFAD. Find out more about theproject "Water Harvesting". Water security is a prerequisite to achieve food security. Water...

Videos






  1. El compost o abono natural se utiliza para mejorar la calidad de la tierra. Para crear abono natural utilizaremos materia vegetal, estiércol y restos de comida. El abono aporta materia orgánica y nutrientes a la tierra. Esta animación explica el proceso de fabricación y almacenaje del abono.





  2. Esta animación describe formas de administrar efectivamente la tuberculosis activa. El manejo eficaz de la tuberculosis comienza con la prevención de su propagación. La gestión de la tuberculosis también implica detectar, diagnosticar y tratar la afección. Si se detecta tuberculosis, le conviene...





  3. La tuberculosis es una enfermedad que infecta principalmente los pulmones. Los síntomas de la enfermedad activa de la tuberculosis incluyen tos crónica, dolor en el pecho o tos con sangre. Sin embargo, algunas personas que están infectadas con tuberculosis portan la bacteria, pero no muestran...
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