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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. 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.
  2. Ressource principale
    21/09/2015 Le Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) est une méthode de culture du riz qui produit des rendements nettement plus élevés avec la plantation de beaucoup moins de semis et l’utilisation de moins d’intrants que les méthodes traditionnelles (c’est-à-dire d’inondation) ou les méthodes plus «...
  3. 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...
  4. Ressource principale
    01/07/2010 La pisciculture peut générer un grand intérêt et un grand enthousiasme. Elle a un grand potentiel pour produire des protéines de haute qualité dans des délais relativement courts et dans de petites zones. La pisciculture est un moyen pour les agriculteurs pauvres en ressources à travers le monde...
  5. 01/04/2012 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...
  6. Ressource principale
    17/05/2018 De nombreuses plantes jugées inestimables pour les petits agriculteurs offrent des aliments nutritifs pour la famille, du fourrage pour les animaux ou du bois pour la construction. Remarquablement, le bambou offre tous ces trois atouts de la même plante vivace! Cette note technique portera...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 01/08/2015 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #25
  10. Ressource principale 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 14/06/2014 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,...
  13. 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...
  14. Ressource principale
    01/06/1998 There are more than one hundred major species of fruits in the tropics, which make a very interesting contribution to the appetite as well as to good nutrition. These species vary in ecological requirements, in season of production, in yields, uses and, of course, in many other characteristics....
  15. 01/01/2007 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...
  16. 17/07/2020 Le niébé (Vigna unguiculata) est une légumineuse à graines comestibles, cultivée dans les tropiques comme engrais vert/culture de couverture. Le niébé prospère dans les climats chauds avec des précipitations annuelles de 750 à 1100 mm. Une fois ses racines établies, il est assez tolérant à la...
  17. 19/02/1998 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.
  18. 19/07/1997 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. 20/01/2011 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. 01/04/2012 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...
  21. 30/10/2015 La noix d’Inca (Plukenetia volubilis) est une plante de la forêt d’Amazonie en Amérique du Sud où elle a été utilisée comme une source de nourriture sauvage depuis plus de 3000 ans. Elle est reconnue en tant que source importante d’huile végétale et est maintenant beaucoup plus cultivée sur de...
  22. 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),...
  23. 01/10/2019 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....
  24. 30/04/2015 Récemment, nous avons appris à travers la correspondance entre plusieurs membres du réseau, sur le thème de l’agriculture de conservation (AC) dans les zones de fortes pluies. L’information semblait potentiellement utile pour d’autres dans le réseau d’ECHO, donc nous la partageons ici.
  25. AccessAgriculture Training Video Les agriculteurs guatémaltèques expliquent comment cultiver des haricots dans les zones chaudes et dans les basfonds en sélectionnant d’abord une variété de haricots adaptée à la chaleur. Ils sement les haricots en hiver et doivent parfois fournir de l'irrigation....