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. Puppets have been around for thousands of years. This book tells you how to use different sorts of puppets in a variety of educational and health situations. See alsoPuppets Book 1: Make Them! A Fun Craft Idea Adapted fromFootsteps 28the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission...





  3. 07/04/2021 Insect feeding damageor other insect activity can look similar to many bacterial, fungal, or viral diseases or to plant nutrient deficiency symptoms. Before taking action against an assumed insect pest, verify that the symptoms you observe are not caused by a bacterial, viral, or fungal...





  4. 20/10/2020 French only





  5. 20/04/2020 Soil infertility is a key constraint to improving crop production for small-scale farmers. Soils throughout Canadian Foodgrains Bank members’ program areas are degraded and deficient in nutrients and organic matter. Soil testing measures the soil’s health and nutrient holding capacity and...
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MissionAssist Shell Books - Artesanato e habilidades






  1. Conselhos sobre como proteger as pessoas e construções em caso de relâmpago. Este material foi adaptado da revistaFootsteps, uma publicação de literária do Tearfund com a sua autorização. (Texto original por Ronaldo Watts, Zâmbia) Esta edição foi publicada no Reino Unido em 2021 por MissionAssist...
  2. Duas mulheres vendem suco de maracujá e abacaxi. Uma não o fez corretamente, por isso deixa seus clientes doentes. A outra sabe como fazer com segurança e diz à outra mulher o que fazer. Instruções completas sobre como fabricar suco misto estão incluídas no apêndice. Usando material do Practical...





  3. Como fazer tijolos de barro; como fazer um forno, e como queimar os tijolos dentro do forno Adaptado de Brick Making (Fabricando Tijolos). Produzido originalmente pelo, Central Luzon State University, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento da Universidade ,Central de Luzon, Filipinas Esta edição...





  4. This book explains how to make indigo dye: the best plants to use and the equipment needed. Written and illustrated for MissionAssist. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.





  5. From problem to productive free resource: this book explains that, although the water hyacinth has become a problem, it can be very useful. It uses material from thePractical Action's "Technical Brief - Water Hyacinth", with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by...
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MissionAssist Shell Books - Informação e Educação






  1. Cyber security is very important and this book gives some tips on how to keep safe while using the internet. Adapted from information freely available on the internet Illustrations by MissionAssist This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist Copyright 2023 MissionAssist...





  2. There are about 49 different species of tortoise all over the world. The smallest are the padlopers of southern Africa. These are about 10 - 15 centimetres long. The largest tortoises live in the Aldabra and Galapagos islands. This book focuses on the two and largest species of tortoise, called...





  3. Este livrinho apresenta uma breve introdução à diversidade de insetos que habitam nosso planeta, descrevendo o papel vital que desempenham em uma variedade de ecossistemas e examina sua importância como fonte de proteína para humanos e animais. Adaptado doFootsteps 115, uma publicação da...





  4. Este livrinho destaca o valor para as dietas humanas de insetos comestíveis em suas formas larval e adulta e inclui receitas saborosas da Ásia, Europa e América do Sul. Adaptado doFootsteps 115, uma publicação de literacia da Tearfund. Com grata permissão. Ilustrações por MissionAssist Esta...





  5. This book describes how to raise crickets for human consumption and suggests some recipes. Written and illustrated for MissionAssist This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist Copyright 2021 MissionAssist
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Shell Books - Agricultura e Pecuária






  1. Um livrinho sobre a criação e cuidados de porcos, levando você a escolher um local, criar porcos, escolher qual raça ter, alimentar e cuidar deles e, finalmente, abatendo-os para obter uma carne deliciosa. Adaptado de um papel técnico produzido por Ação Prática no Nepal e usada com permissão...





  2. Como cuidar de abelhas: planejando o trabalho, inspecionando a colmeia e entendendo o que vê. Usando material oriundo de Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: "How to Manage Bees" ( Autor Pam Gregory, quem oferece esse livrinho como sua dádiva aos apicultores em países em desenvolvimento.) Material do...





  3. Como cultivar bambu e qual é a sua utilidade. Este material foi tirado de "Footsteps", uma publicação de literacia daTearfund, com a sua autorização. Esta edição foi publicada no Reino Unido em 2019 por MissionAssist Direitos reservados 2019 MissionAssist.





  4. 21/05/2022 This book describes the cultivation and use of the false banana, ensete ventricosum, in Ethiopia and suggests that it could become a useful staple food elsewhere in Africa. Compiled from information available in the public domain Illustrations by MissionAssist This edition published in the United...





  5. 01/10/2021 This book looks at three weeds that farmers may find beneficial to their crops, and a fourth that can be used to treat a common disease of chickens. It uses material fromFootsteps 48and65, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission and from an article by James Biscoe in Journal...
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MissionAssist Shell Books - Saúde e higiene






  1. This book explains the cause of albinism and stresses the importance of ensuring that albinos receive the care and respect that will enable them to lead as normal a life as possible. This book uses material from the public domain Illustrations by MissionAssist This edition published in the United...





  2. O bebê foi criado saudável e bem alimentado com leite materno. Agora ele precisa começar a alimentar-se de outras comidas. Adaptado doAmaneri Cameetsa Aporani Jananequi(Care and Feeding of Your Baby),Pelo Ministério da Saúde de Peru em colaboração com a SIL Peru Texto e ilustrações 1985...





  3. Uma dieta saudável pode prevenir a má nutrição. Tipos diferentes de alimentos ajudam o corpo de maneiras diferentes – uns dão força, outros dão energia, outros protegem o corpo contra doenças. Uma má dieta pode deixar as pessoas doentes. Este livrinho oferece conselhos sobre como evitar ou tratar...





  4. Para crianças com condições que tornam difícil para elas caminhar, alguns dispositivos simples podem fazer toda a diferença. Este livrinho explica como eles podem ser usados. Usando material deFootsteps 108, uma publicação de literacia do Tear Fund com grata permissão Esta edição foi publicada no...





  5. Instruções básicas para pessoas que não têm conhecimentos médicos sobre o modo de cuidar corretamente de pessoas doentes ou feridas enquanto aguardam pela chegada de assistência médica. Este material foi tirado deFootsteps 18, a publicação de literacia do TEAR Fund com a sua autorização Esta...
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MissionAssist Shell Books -Doenças e Enfermidades






  1. Conselhos para evitar a SIDA em particular, assim como conselho geral de como evitar outras doenças sexualmente transmitidas. Adaptado do ‘Aids and How to Avoid It’ (Sida e Como Evitar) por SIL Burkina Faso Texto e ilustrações 1992 SIL Internacional compartilhado sob a licença CC:BY-NC 4.0





  2. Um livrinho em forma de história que examina os perigos e as consequências de beber álcool em excesso. Adaptado de uma fonte desconhecida, provávelmente da América do Sul Esta edição foi publicada no Reino Unido em 2019 por MissionAssist Direitos reservados 2019 MissionAssist





  3. Bilhárzia (Esquitossomose): As causas da bilhárzia e como evitar a doença. Para evitar contaminar a água, use o banheiro ou privada! Publicada em 1993 comoComment éviter la bilharzioze, Pelo Comité Língua/Tradução na República dos Camarões O texto original e as ilustrações feitos pelo Atelier de...





  4. Esse livrinho explica o que é a cólera. O que você pode fazer para evitar as pessoas pegarem cólera. Como reconhecer que alguém está com cólera. Como ajudar para que ele(a) melhore. Adaptado de informações de diversos websites e da Agência de Padrão de Alimentos do Reino Unido. Esta edição foi...





  5. Covid 19 é uma nova doença que na maioria dos casos não é séria, mas às vezes pode fazer uma pessoa ficar muito doente. Há muitas coisas que você pode fazer para proteger a sua família e amigos. É sábio seguir o conselho das pessoas no seu centro de saúde e seus líderes comunitários. Escrito para...
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Haitian Network Documents






  1. A “how to” guide to successfully install a natural, sustainable latrine using vetiver grass The use of vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) replaces the need for a concrete block lined pit, creates privacy and actively helps decompose the waste. Jiji grass (Achnatherum splendens) can be used...





  2. 20/01/2019 A agricultura sintrópica é um sistema agroflorestal (SAF) desenvolvido por Ernst Götsch cuja forçamotriz advém da aliança com o poder de sucessão natural. A sucessão natural é a tendência intrínseca da natureza para regenerar um solo estéril e torná-lo fértil e rico em espécies vegetais. Ernst...

Feed the Future Publications






  1. Jack bean is an excellent plant for enriching soil, because it grows under very difficult conditions. However, the beans contain toxins that normally make them unsuitable for human consumption. This document describes how to germinate jack bean to remove the toxins and increase the beans’...





  2. This short document contains graphs that show how zero tillage leads to increased water infiltration and increased water retention in soil.





  3. This document distinguishes between ‘anchor’ cover crops (that are intercropped with a main crop such as maize) and ‘secondary’ cover crops (that don’t compete with the main crop because they have a short life cycle, and that can help cover the soil at the start of the growing season). The...





  4. In the Push-Pull system, crops that repel pests and/or attract pests’ predators are intercropped with maize, to ‘push’ pests away from the main crop. Plants that attract pests are planted around the field, to ‘pull’ pests away from the maize. Incorporating legumes in this system means that soil...





  5. Four nutrient deficiencies--phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, and magnesium--can be diagnosed by observing maize leaves. This document includes photos of a healthy maize leaf and of maize leaves demonstrating each of these nutrient deficiencies. It also contains suggestions for how to address each...

CTA Publications






  1. Este folheto desdobrável de 8 páginas, prático na sua utilização no terreno e de leitura fácil, trata da apicultura e do fabrico do mel. Fornece informação de base sobre o assunto e descreve, em linhas gerais, os processos. Oferece ainda sugestões, quadros e desenhos explicativos.





  2. 20/01/2013 Making a trench bed What do you need to start a garden? Lots of enthusiasm and, in the beginning, some hard work. A piece of ground as little as twenty square metres will ensure that your family always has something fresh to eat; a larger area makes it possible to grow enough vegetables to sell....





  3. 01/01/2013 Este folheto desdobrável de 8 páginas, prático na sua utilização no terreno e de leitura fácil, trata do controlo da mosca da fruta nas mangas. Fornece informação de base sobre o assunto e descreve, em linhas gerais, os processos, sugestões, quadros e desenhos explicativos.





  4. 01/01/2009 Este folheto desdobrável de 12 páginas, prático na sua utilização no terreno e de leitura fácil, mostra como os pequenos agricultores podem aceder aos mercados. Fornece informação de base sobre o assunto, e descreve em linhas gerais, os processos. Oferece ainda sugestões, quadros e desenhos...





  5. 20/01/2007 Este folheto desdobrável de 8 páginas, prático na sua utilização no terreno e de leitura fácil, trata da criação de cabras leiteiras. Fornece informação de base sobre o assunto e descreve, em linhas gerais, os processos. Oferece ainda sugestões, quadros e desenhos explicativos.
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VITA - Volunteers in Technical Assistance

  1. Este limpador de sementes foi desenvolvido no Afeganistão para remover sementes redondas de ervas daninhas de grãos de trigo. As sementes redondas não podiam ser separadas por uma peneira porque eram do mesmo tamanho dos grãos de trigo. O limpador descrito aqui aproveita a forma redonda das...
  2. A chocadeira está aquecida por uma lâmpada incandescente elétrica regular, colocada debaixo da chocadeira, chăo. Dependendo da elevaçăo de temperatura requereram, a potęncia em watts da lâmpada incandescente tenha que ser escolhida através de experimentaçăo. O chăo de metal e telhado previnem...
  3. 01/01/1995 Durante 35 anos, VITA tem ajudado as pessoas desenvolvendo países melhoram a qualidade das vidas deles/delas pelo provisăo de serviços de informaçăo. O serviço mais velho de VITA, o Serviço de investigaçăo, se alista VITA oferece responder pedidos aproximadamente uma variedade de assuntos de...
  4. 01/01/1995 que começa um programa principal em seguida dentro energia renovável em 1979, VITA (Volunters em Ajuda Técnica) ache que muitos de os termos técnicos geralmente usada em renovável literatura de energia năo seja compreendida por muitos do laypeople para quem a informaçăo também era meant. VITA...
  5. 01/01/1992 A intençăo é oferecer sugestőes a motoristas ou mecânicas que operam em uma área onde conserta instalaçőes e ajuda técnica năo estăo prontamente disponíveis e eles devem ser os próprios conselheiros deles/delas em todo problema que pode surgir. No evento aqueles leitores acontecem para ter...
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ECHO Technical Notes






  1. So you want to help people in the tropics. Beautiful! The tropics are waiting for you. No matter what your abilities, you can make life better for others in the tropics. Your concern for the physical and spiritual well-being of people can be translated into fruitful service. Your first asset is...





  2. 20/12/2023 A standard wheelbarrow, with the wheel at the front, places about half the weight of the load on the operator. A load-centered wheelbarrow places the wheel in the center of the load, shifting 90% or more of the weight to the wheel instead of the operator. This allows the device to be used for...





  3. 21/11/2023 Litter systems are an approach to hygienic, integrated animal production in which animals are raised in an enclosed space on a floor of organic bedding. Systems with thick bedding material are sometimes called deep litter systems. Litter systems allow you to prioritize animal health by providing...





  4. 09/06/2023 This guide expands on a summary by Chalermliamthong and Trail (2021) of the black soldier fly larvae production system at the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The production system there serves as an approach for scaling up larvae production as an alternative protein...





  5. 20/05/2022 The current global situation calls for a multi-pronged approach to pest management. To be widely applicable, this approach must provide farmers with options to control pests at various scales of production (from small farms to very large operations) with a diversity of resources. Integrated pest...
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CFGB Conservation Agriculture Newsletter






  1. 01/04/2024 Nesta Edicao: Criação de um Ambiente Propício para a Agricultura de Conservação Os ecossistemas do solo são reforçados por práticas agrícolas de conservação PERFIL DO PARCEIRO: ADRAMoçambique - (projeto ZIREF) Horários de viagem ALTA





  2. 01/01/2024 Nesta Edicao: Defendendo a Promoção da Agricultura de Conservação Apresentando Lidet Sitatow, Consultor Técnico de Agricultura e Meios de Subsistência para a Etiópia Atualização de gestão da lagarta do funil Perfil do Parceiro: Serviços Anglicanos de Desenvolvime nto - Central Rift, Quênia





  3. 20/09/2023 NESTA EDIÇÃO : Culturas de cobertura de adubação verde para regiões com chuvas bimodais Ampliando a Intensificação Sustentável Baseada na Agricultura de Conservação na Etiópia (SCASI) Perfil do Produtor da AC: Asnakech Zema CRONOGRAMA DE VIAGEM DA ALTA





  4. 20/06/2023 Nesta Edicao: Agricultura Como um Negócio Contando a história com fotografias Perfil do Agricultor da A Perfil do Parceiro: Escritório de Desenvolvimento das Igrejas Evangélicas HORÁRIOS DE VIAGENS DA ALTA





  5. 01/03/2023 Nesta Edicao: Agricultura de Conservação em Ambientes Húmidos Dicas para uma Narrativa Eficaz AC Perfil do Agricultor: Chrissie Stackio, Malawi Perfil do Parceiro: Irmãos na Igreja de Cristo
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ECHO Development Notes (EDN)






  1. 01/04/2024 Harvesting and Drying Considerations for Quality Moringa Leaf Powder Echoes from our Network:Options for Snail Control From ECHO's Seed Bank:Jute Mallow ‘Thai‘ Books, Websites, and Other Resources:ECHOcommunity Mobile App – Plant Records Tutorial





  2. 01/01/2024 Contour Cultivation and Live Barriers for Small-Scale Farmers Taro (Colocasia esculenta) From ECHO’s Seed Bank:Oven-Dried Rice as a Desiccant for Seed Drying Books, Websites, and Other Resources: ECHOCommunity Mobile App - Resource Management





  3. 02/10/2023 Factors that Impact Seed Germination Echoes From our Network: Moringa Spacing Considerations From ECHO’s Seed Bank: Clay Beads for Drying and Preserving Seeds Books, Websites, and Other Resources:Aprovecho.org-Information onFuel-Efficient Cookstoves





  4. 13/07/2023 Low-Cost Seed Storage Technologies Extending Postharvest Life of Fresh Produce: After-harvest handling Echoes From our Network: Experiments to Control Millipedes with Locally Available Ingredients From ECHO's Seed Bank: Erythrina berteroana





  5. 28/03/2023 Triage and Recovery of Small Fallen Trees 2022 ECHO International Agriculture Conference: Topic Summaries Echoes from our Network: Low Resource Control of Leaf Cutter Ants From ECHO's Seed Bank: Guazuma ulmifolia, a multi-purpose tree Books, Websites, and Other Resources:Trees with Edible Leaves...
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Food Plant Solutions - Publications






  1. 01/12/2022 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of DR Congo. 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...





  2. 01/01/2022 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common leafy greens and vegetables of Cameroon. 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...





  3. 01/01/2022 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants for healthy diets in Togo. 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...





  4. 01/01/2022 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common fruits, nuts, and seeds in Cameroon. 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...





  5. 01/02/2021 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants for healthy diets in Cameroon. 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...
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FAO Publications






  1. 20/01/2022 FAO. 2022. Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) User guide. Rome. https://doi. org/10.4060/cb8611en AGORA is a programme of Research4Life – a public-private partnership between Cornell and Yale Universities, FAO, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and...

World Health Organization Publications






  1. 15/10/2021 This report is the first of its kind. It brings together various data sets to present the current status of hand hygiene, highlight lagging progress, and call governments and supporting agencies to action, offering numerous inspiring examples of change. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hand hygiene...

Using ECHO Resources

  1. 20/01/2021 Available on iOS 10.0+and Android 5.0+ Android version updated 2/2024for Android 13, 14. Search "echocommunity" in the App Store on your iPhone or in Google Play on your Android phone. ECHO has provided resources to farmers and development workers for over 40 years. ECHOcommunity.org contains...

ECHO Best Practice Notes






  1. 14/12/2020 ECHO recognizes climate change as a profound reality faced by small-scale farmers. Many of our publications have focused on helping farmers cope with related challenges such as heat and drought.Increasing farmer resilience and minimizing risk have been key elements of the practices we have...





  2. 26/05/2017 By integrating legumes into cropping systems, small-scale farmers in low-resource settings can invest in the long-term health and resilience of their soils. Success or failure depends largely on choosing the right legume(s). With that in mind, this document presents insights on legume selection...





  3. 28/09/2016 Farmers in many parts of the world, because of human population growth, have little choice but to crop their land continuously, with scarce resources to replace nutrients withdrawn by each successive crop. Crop residues are often lost as a source of organic matter and mulch, usually through...





  4. 22/03/2016 Yearly production of grains, pulses, and vegetables depends on a reliable supply of quality seed. This is true for the farmer growing a crop to feed their family as well as for the agricultural worker evaluating and growing out seeds of a new crop species or variety that could improve lives. In...





  5. 01/04/2014 ECHO frequently receives questions from members of our network, asking how available land could be used to grow food and/or create income to augment an otherwise non-agricultural project. Broadly speaking, they are asking how to begin an institutional agriculture project—a coordinated agriculture...
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Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Publications and Resources






  1. 20/10/2020 A Discussion Paper for the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Holly Hufnagel The objective of this discussion paper is to inform the LEGS Technical Advisory Committee on issues relating to the quality of veterinary pharmaceuticals for livestock responses in emergency situations....





  2. 20/10/2020 A Discussion Paper for the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Karin de Jonge and Lucy Maarse The aim of this Discussion Paper is to outline the major issues at the crossroads of gender and livestock in the context of humanitarian response, for the Advisory Committee of LEGS...





  3. 20/09/2020 A Discussion Paper for the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Yacob Aklilu This paper was commissioned to assess livestock insurance schemes and explore what evidence exists regarding the effective implementation of livestock insurance schemes to support the livelihoods of...





  4. 20/09/2020 A Discussion Paper for the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Kate Sadler This discussion paper was commissioned by LEGS to review the key issues relating to nutrition in the context of livestock-based emergency interventions, with particular attention to the following key...





  5. 20/03/2018 A LEGS-based preparedness, planning and response tool for improved resilience in the drylands of the Horn of Africa The Drought Tool is structured as follows: the background section provides an overview of recent droughts in the HoA, looks at the costs of drought, and introduces the LEGS Core...
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Recursos básicos de treinamento em agricultura para conservação






  1. 20/04/2020 Porque usar ........................................................................... 3 Agricultura de Conservação? ............................................... 3 A Importância da Cobertura do Solo .................................... 8 Plantar com Precisão...





  2. 20/04/2020 A Agricultura de Conservação (AC) tem-se espalhado nos últimos 40 anos para cobrir 105 milhões de hectares de terras agrícolas em todo o mundo (ACT 2008). A eficácia da AC na retenção da humidade do solo, melhorando a qualidade do solo, reduzindo os custos de matéria-prima e produção estável,...

ECHO West Africa Notes






  1. 22/07/2019 Le système de riziculture intensive (SRI) Qu'est-ce que le SRI ? Les étapes de mise en œuvre du SRI L'irrigation des plants Le sarclage et le sarclo-binage, quels sont les avantages ? Le rendement du SRI Etude comparée entre le SRI et la pratique traditionnelle de riziculture Intérêt du SRI...





  2. 03/01/2018 Techniques de production avicole traditionnelle epublication:Options de restauration des sols improductifsetOptions où l'eau est rare





  3. 01/08/2017 Foundations For Farming, an alternative for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa How to prepare compost in 3 weeks? The preparation of organic liquid fertilizer eBook Release:Fundamentals of Agricultural Development epublication

Agrodoks






  1. 01/01/2016 Beef, meat from cattle, is produced worldwide in an enormous variety of systems; by nomads in semi desert areas, to intensive dairy farmers who sell male calves for their meat and cull cows that no longer produce enough milk, as well as ranchers whose main aim is to produce meat. The main aim of...





  2. 01/01/2015 Especially in Stall-Feeding The idea for this booklet on straw feeding emerged some years ago during a meeting, while discussing an Agrodok on dairy cattle husbandry. That Agrodok was to have a chapter on animal feed, especially fodders such as grasses and crop residues. However, this would have...





  3. 01/01/2015 An Introduction to Finding, Using and Eating Insects When you first saw the title of this book, you may have found the idea of eating insects unfamiliar or strange. Actually, we all eat insects every day without knowing it. Insects or parts of insects are present in almost all processed food....





  4. 01/01/2014 Useful Management Practices for Smallholders in Tropical Africa This Agrodok on lowland rice is primarily meant for smallholders in tropical Africa, because the advocated cultivation and processing practices reflect the main circumstances encountered by rice farmers on this continent. The aim of...





  5. 01/01/2014 This Agrodok provides up-to-date information on grasscutter farming to benefit the informed farmer and extension and rural development officers. 1 Introduction 8 It targets farmers wishing to diversify their farms as well as their families’ diet, and those considering growing grasscutters for the...
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ECHO Summaries






  1. 05/08/2015 Good intentions and viable solutions will have little impact unless we engage with farmers in ways that are meaningful to them. Farmers put a great deal of confidence in what they learn from fellow farmers’ experiences, and they are more likely to trust what they see over what they hear....





  2. 14/07/2015 Workshops are an often-used and effective tool that extension workers can use to teach new skills to groups of farmers. This document, drawn from the USAID/MEAS Technical Note on Presenting Workshops to Adults, explains how a workshop setting differs from that of a classroom/teaching setting, and...





  3. 19/05/2015 A participatory learning approach, applied at each stage of a community development project, is crucial to reaching the level of stakeholder involvement needed for lasting, positive change. The use of participatory survey and planning methods in the development process encourages community...





  4. 01/05/2015 This article draws from the MEAS Brief # 2 Reducing the Gender Gap in Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services: How to Find the Best Fit for Men and Women Farmers. Many of the gender-related topics and lessons discussed in the MEAS Brief also apply to the transfer of knowledge and resources...





  5. 30/04/2015 This document draws from the MEAS brief #3Adaptation under the New Normal of Climate Change: The Future of Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services. Written for extension and advisory service providers, the MEAS brief contains insights helpful to practitioners working to develop strategies...
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Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) Publications






  1. 19/01/1990 W. Malcolm Reid (1910-1990) was Professor Emeritus of Poultry Science (Parasitology) at the University of Georgia. He saw a need for a book dealing with basic poultry production and recruited others to help him develop one. He knew firsthand the value of poultry as a source of food and manure for...

Books






  1. 20/01/2023 FAO. 2023. Millets recipe book - International Year of Millets 2023. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8019en Dietary patterns hold profound implications for our health and well-being and that of our planet. In this context, the exploration of nutritious grains becomes not only a culinary adventure...



  2. 01/01/1976 658 pp : ill.



  3. 01/01/1976 658 pp : ill.
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  1. A Pratiques Network visa capitalizar o conhecimento das ONG de desenvolvimento e partilhar as suas experiências e metodologias (apresentação). DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS Agricultura Desenvolvimento das capacidades Economy Educação Saúde Social Água, Saneamento e Higiene





  2. “To develop an educational and research program focused on the biodiversity of the terrestrial fauna of Madagascar and the advancement of national field scientists properly trained in the modern aspects of conservation biology. These steps are paramount to allow this island nation to properly...





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  1. Acacia angustissima grows as a thornless shrub or small tree to an average of 2-7 meters tall with a single short trunk. It is a legume, capable of fixing nitrogen in nodules on its roots if the appropriate strain of Rhizobium bacteria is present in the soil. It is often found in tropical...
  2. Acacia mangium can grow to be a tall tree up to 30 m. It is a fast-growing tree that can tolerate acidic and degraded soils. This tree grows best with moderate rainfall and full sunlight. It is one of the major leguminous species used in plantation forestry programs throughout Asia and the...
  3. Amaranthus spp. is an annual, erect herb (up to 1 m tall) grown for its edible leaves Leaves grow up to 8 cm in length and are present in an alternate arrangement along the stem. Small flowers are borne on slender spikes within inflorescences up to 12 cm long. Fruit are small, compressed,...
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  1. When the government gives someone permission to use your land or natural resources, which may require you to leave your land they must discuss options to avoid and minimize the negative impacts. They must give you information prior to decisions being made and give you and your community an...





  2. Compost can be used to improve the quality of your soil. You can use plant materials, animal manure and kitchen scraps to create compost. Compost will add nutrients and organic matter to your soil. This animation explains the process of creating and storing compost.





  3. Compost can be used to improve the quality of your soil. You can use plant materials, animal manure and kitchen scraps to create compost. Compost will add nutrients and organic matter to your soil. This animation explains the process of creating and storing compost. Scientific Animations Without...
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