ECHOcommunity Actualizaciones
EDN #152 Now Available 2021-07-06
In this issue:
- Insect Pest Management: Options for Controlling Pest Populations
- From ECHO's Seed Bank: Everglades (Wild) Tomato
- Echoes from our Network: Acacia angustissima Farming Improvement Experience
- Books, Websites, and Other Resources: Soy Kit as an Appropriate Technology for Women Entrepreneurs - A Review
Insect Pest Management: Options for Controlling Pest Populations
Stacy Swartz
Excerpt:
Mechanical interventions for pest control are generally categorized as passive or active. Passive options include films, dusts, oils, soaps, and traps. Films such as kaolin clay can deter insects from landing on plants and/or deter feeding behaviors, but such films need to be reapplied as the plant generates new growth. Dusts such as diatomaceous earth can be placed around the base of plants to keep crawling pests from accessing the plant. Dusts can also be placed on the leaves as a feeding deterrent. Oils and soaps that kill pests are physical controls because their effect is short-term, and they act physically on the pest by smothering them or breaking down sensitive exterior tissues. Oils and soaps must contact pests and are most effective against soft-bellied insects such as aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies, spider mites, and scales. Repeated application is often required to control a population because oils and soaps are most effective at controlling young individuals.
Asia Note #46 Now Available 2021-06-14
Featured in this AN
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African Swine Fever Virus: Overview and Prevention on the Small Farm
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[Editor’s Note: For questions, comments, or personal experience on this topic visit ECHOcommunity Conversations: African Swine Fever Virus]
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[Example] Small Farm Biosecurity Plan for the Prevention of African Swine Fever
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I Suspect ASFV on my Farm: What Steps Should I Take?
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ECHOcommunity Conversations: Find Practical Answers from a Global Network of Agriculturalists
East Africa Note 7 Now Available 2021-04-21
In this issue:
- Families Benefited with Dairy Goats Project
- A Research Project: Packed Biogas in Bags
- Green Manure/ Cover Crops: jack bean
Packed Biogas in Bags: a research project
Harold Msanya
Excerpt:
Evelyn Mguo’s family is a consumer of bagged biogas who participated in phase one of the research project –‘Peer to peer’, a business model to test the viability of retailing methane gas in portable bags, from the farm gate of a biogas digester owner for distribution/sale to a neighbor. Evelyn says,
Both charcoal and firewood are difficult to access during the rainy season. I rarely use charcoal and firewood to cook local foods such as Makukuru and Ndizi. I grew up in a family that used firewood as the only source of energy and hence I used to believe that certain local foods taste better if they are cooked using firewood. I have now used the bagged biogas for three weeks and in my opinion it is a good option. I have managed to cook all types of foods that I used to cook using LPG. One (1m³) bag lasts 3 to 4 days and if it can be obtained for Tsh 2,000 per bag, it means I will cut down the cost used for LPG and other sources by almost 50%. My only request is for the project team think about how to package it in larger quantities so that it can last longer for at least seven days or more.
Announcing the ECHO East Africa Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technology 2021-04-14
28th-30th September 2021
You are cordially invited to join us for the 6th ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies 2021. We hope that you will make time to gather online with us at this very important and effective event for learning, information sharing, and networking for those working and serving in the East Africa Region. Participants are encouraged to register online for a $20 registration fee and that we welcome donations from good-willed individuals to help those who cannot pay this fee.
EDN Número 151 Disponible Ahora 2021-04-07
Temas de Relieve:
- Manejo de plagas de insectos: Opciones para el monitoreo de poblaciones de plagas
- Del Banco de Semillas de ECHO: Apios americana
- Ecos de nuestra red: ¡Subscríbase a ECHO Asia Notes!
- Libros, sitios web y otros recursos: Revisión de la herramienta Agroforestry Design ToolTM
Manejo de plagas de insectos
Annie Deutsch y Stacy Swartz
Excerpto:
Usted puede lograr un muestreo activo de varias maneras. La red entomológica es una forma de estimar la población de insectos en todo un campo. Para construir una red entomológica básica con materiales locales, tome un saco de tela de color claro, coloque un aro de alambre firme alrededor de la abertura (de 30 a 38 cm de diámetro) y sujételo a un palo o una pértiga. Las redes entomológicas funcionan mejor para los cultivos bajos, como el arroz y otros granos pequeños, o los frijoles no trepadores antes de que florezcan y para plantas frutales que son lo suficientemente fuertes como para soportar los daños sin perder la fruta o demasiada masa foliar. Estas redes también funcionan mejor con los insectos que se desprenden fácilmente de las plantas.
NEW Technical Note # 97 Small-Scale Nursery Management 2021-03-30
Cultivating plants, sharing seeds and cuttings with neighbors, and seeking better crop varieties are as old as agriculture. We use the word “nursery” for places where we care for and nurture things that are precious and vulnerable, like children and plants. Creating habitats to grow healthy seedlings is an integral part of the farming cycle, an important contribution to a thriving community, and both a rewarding and challenging business opportunity.
A nursery can be as small as a farmer’s seedbed for the immediate planting of a single crop, or as large as a complex business with hundreds of species and varieties for sale to the public. This Technical Note describes important aspects of planning and running a small nursery to supply trees and other perennial plants for personal or community use. Content is targeted towards agricultural practitioners working with small-scale farmers in tropical and subtropical climates. Included in the document are comments and insights from people with extensive experience in operating tree nurseries in parts of Central Africa (Roy Danforth), Madagascar (Dan Turk), Guatemala (Dwight Carter), and Haiti/Nicaragua/Indonesia (Rafael Flores).
Asia Note #45 Now Available 2021-03-08
EDN Número 150 Disponible Ahora 2021-01-20
Temas de Relieve:
- Las plantas perennes y la nutrición
- Del Banco de Semillas de ECHO: Factores a considerar al seleccionar una variedad de gandul
- Ecos de nuestra Red: Conferencia Agrícola Internacional de ECHO 2020
- Libros, sitios web y otros recursos: Anuncio de la aplicación móvil ECHOcommunity Mobile App
Las plantas perennes y la nutrición
Eric Toensmeier
Excerpto:
Nos complació descubrir que las PP tienen un excelente potencial para solucionar las deficiencias de nutrientes. Un impresionante número de 154 de las 240 PP de las que teníamos datos sobre nutrientes era superabundante ("muy alta" o "extremadamente alta") en al menos un nutriente, y con frecuencia en más de uno. De hecho, ¡23 especies (el 10% de las PP para los que encontramos datos) eran superabundantes en cuatro o más nutrientes clave necesarios para tratar las deficiencias! Nos interesó especialmente observar que los árboles con hojas comestibles eran superabundantes en más nutrientes que cualquier otro tipo de PP.
Announcing the ECHOcommunity Mobile App 2020-11-19
We are excited to announce the immediate availability of the ECHOcommunity Mobile App! [January, 2021]
This free app has been developed to help you take and share resources when your work extends out beyond your internet connection.
ECHO International Agriculture Conference - ONLINE November 19th! 2020-11-02
The 2020 International Agriculture Conference will feature leading voices in various aspects of agricultural development—practitioners, scientists, and community leaders. Content will be presented in plenary and concurrent breakout sessions, with ample opportunities to network with each other, as past participants have come to know and expect.