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Resource Spotlight: FMNR Introduction Video

Resource Spotlight: FMNR Introduction Video 2021-11-23

This video from WorldVision Australia demonstrates the value of the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) system. 

"In a balanced ecosystem, people and animals thrive. But when trees are cut down and land is burned, that balance is lost. Deforestation effects include soil erosion and a reduction in biodiversity. Through farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR), World Vision programs empower farmers to reverse land degradation. The simple act of pruning tree regrowth and managing land sustainably can turn small shrubs and stumps into mature trees, promoting soil restoration and increasing crop yields, firewood and livestock fodder."

ECHO International Agriculture Conference - Last Chance to Register

ECHO International Agriculture Conference - Last Chance to Register 2021-11-02

Tomorrow, we will be coming together for ECHO's Online International Agriculture Conference! If you have not yet registered for the Online Conference, please do so soon so you can begin to interact with other attendees!

EDN Numéro 153 Maintenant disponible

EDN Numéro 153 Maintenant disponible 2021-10-04

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Productivité du Moringa avec la culture intercalaire de légumineuses

Tim Motis

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Les gens demandent souvent quelle quantité de poudre de feuilles attendre de leurs arbres de moringa. Le tableau 1 montre la somme de nos deux récoltes au cours de chaque année. Au cours de la deuxième année après le semis, sans légumineuses, les moringa ont produit un total de 76 g/plante de poudre de feuilles, soit l'équivalent de 255 kg/ha. Cela signifie que, pendant une deuxième année après le semis, 1 ha d'une plantation de moringa comme la nôtre peut produire l'équivalent d'un an de poudre de feuilles pour 139 personnes consommant 5 g de poudre par jour. Witt (2013) fournit le contenu nutritionnel pour 5 g (15 ml ou 1 cuillère à soupe par volume) de poudre de moringa, une quantité décrite comme une portion réaliste. 

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Fill It Full: A Simple Way to Reduce Weevil Damage in Maize Seed Stored in Airtight Containers

Fill It Full: A Simple Way to Reduce Weevil Damage in Maize Seed Stored in Airtight Containers 2021-09-27

Postharvest losses inflicted by insect pests in stored grains represent major challenge smallholder famers face in the global South. The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) is one of the most important postharvest pests in maize. With dry maize stored in woven polypropylene bags, Likhayo et al. (2018) found that insect pests (maize weevils and another maize pest called the lesser grain borer [Prostephanus truncatus]) reduced grain weight by 36%. Such losses threaten farmers’ food security and overall financial stability.

East Africa  

ECHO East Africa Virtual Symposium

ECHO East Africa Virtual Symposium 2021-09-14

Jisajili sasa kwa ajili ya Kongamano la ECHO Afrika Mashariki

Jisajili sasa kwa ajili ya Kongamano la ECHO Afrika Mashariki 2021-08-17

Kongamano la Kilimo Endelevu na Teknolojia mbadala

septemba 28-30 2021

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EDN Numéro 152 Maintenant disponible

EDN Numéro 152 Maintenant disponible 2021-07-22

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Lutte contre les insectes nuisibles: des options pour venir à bout des populations de ravageurs

Stacy Swartz

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Des poudres comme la terre à diatomées peuvent être placées autour de la base des plantes pour empêcher les insectes rampants d'accéder à la plante. Des poudres peuvent également être placées sur les feuilles pour empêcher les ravageurs de s’en nourrir. Les huiles et les savons qui tuent les ravageurs sont des mesures de lutte physiques parce que leur effet est à court terme et qu'ils agissent physiquement sur le ravageur en l'étouffant ou en décomposant les tissus extérieurs sensibles. Les huiles et les savons doivent entrer en contact avec les ravageurs et sont les plus efficaces contre les insectes à ventre mou comme les pucerons, les cochenilles, les aleurodes, les tétranyques et les lécanies. Des applications répétées sont souvent nécessaires pour maîtriser une population car les huiles et les savons sont plus efficaces pour contrôler les jeunes individus.

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EDN #152 Now Available

EDN #152 Now Available 2021-07-06

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Insect Pest Management: Options for Controlling Pest Populations

Stacy Swartz

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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. 

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Asia Note #46 Now Available

Asia Note #46 Now Available 2021-06-14

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East Africa Note 7 Now Available

East Africa Note 7 Now Available 2021-04-21

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Packed Biogas in Bags: a research project

Harold Msanya

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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.

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