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USAID Pause and Reflect Toolkit

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  1. SOAR Template



  2. Action Plan Form



  3. Detailed Workshop Agenda



  4. FFT Planning Meeting - Facilitators Guide
    The FFT Workshop is designed to be flexible for your team’s availability. It can be conducted in a full-day in person, 2 half-day sessions, or 2-3 hour sessions over 5 days. It is possible to host a remote workshop, though the preparation will be more time consuming. Also note that the one-day...



  5. CLA Temperature Check
    Using a very brief CLA temperature check, the group reviews the following six CLA categories and determines the strength of each capacity on a red-amber-green scale as outlined below. The USAID Cards provide more detail on each component, the ideal, desired state of practice, and the levels of...
22 zaidi USAID Pause and Reflect Toolkit

ECHO Asia Note Articles

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  1. Op-Ed: Forage Plants for Improved Human Development
    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 33. I read David Price’s concerns about promoting invasive forage plants in Asia Note #25 [Eds’ Note: AN #25 was written in response to AN #23] and would like to respond based on my own experience and observations. My reply will be based on the following...





  2. Charcoal Production in 200-Liter Horizontal Drum Kilns
    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #7 Editor: Due to the length of this article, only a portion isincluded in ECHO Asia Notes. The full article, includingillustrated steps related to the assembly of 200- liter drumkilns as well as charcoal and wood vinegar production, canbe accessed via the web...





  3. Seed Saving in the Tropics: Lessons Learned from the Network
    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #28 For both farmers and researchers in the tropics, seed saving can be very frustrating. In Mondulkiri province, farmers are rarely able to keep seed for more than the six months between harvest and the new planting season. Seeds stored longer than this tend...





  4. Permaculture in Development
    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #30 The word permaculture is mentioned with increasing frequency in speeches, books and magazine articles on sustainability and food security. What is permaculture? Is it a movement? A philosophy? Simply a set of design tools? In this article, I answer the...





  5. Farm-Generated Feed: Chicken Feed Production
    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #28 Farm-generated fertility contributes to a more sustainable agricultural system. Crop residues and manures are part of the nutrient cycle for plant production and can lower input costs through the use of thermophilic composting, vermiculture, bokashi...
100 zaidi ECHO Asia Note Articles

General Technical Documents

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  1. Kilimo kwenye ardhi kame
    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. Appropriate Construction Technologies for Community Development
    Geoffrey Wheeler,Center for Vocational Building Technology Appropriate Construction Technologies for God's People, their Animals and Grain There are many appropriate building technologies available. How environmental friendly are they? Earthquake resistant? Typhoon resistant? How can we introduce...



  3. Earthbag House Construction Guide
    This document presents key steps the ECHO Asia staffused to build an Earth Bag Seed Storage House on the new ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center in Thailand.



  4. Seed Bank Harvest Report - PDF



  5. Seed Bank Harvest Report - DOC
91 zaidi General Technical Documents

Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets

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  1. Nephelium lappaceum - Rambutan
    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds A medium sized tree up to 12-25 m high. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. Trees spread to 6 m wide. The leaves arealternate with leaflets opposite along the stalk. There are 5-7 pairs of leaflets. Each leaflet can be 20 cm long by 8 cm wide.The leaflet stalks...



  2. Aerva lanata
    Edible:Leaves, Vegetable A low lying grey and hairy herb. It can grow to 1 m tall. The stems are 20 to 80 cm long and sometimes branched. The leaves are alternate and with leaf stalks 1-5 mm long. The ends of the leaves are blunt. The leaves are 1 to 3.5 cm long. The flowers are green and white...



  3. Telmatoblechnum indicum
    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Fronds, Leaves A medium sized fern. It grows 0.2-1 m high. It has a long, creeping, branched rhizome. It forms extensive spreading patches. The fronds can be 2 m high in shady places. The fronds are held stiffly erect. They are crowded and shiny green. The segments are...



  4. Blumea lacera
    Edible:Leaves A herb which keeps growing each year. It can grow each year from seeds. It can be 20 cm to 2.5 m. The stems are hairy. They are erect and stiff and brittle. They have a woody rootstock and often grows to 1 m tall. There are many branches. The leaves are produced one after the other...



  5. Boehmeria nivea
    Edible:Root, Leaves, Seeds - oil, Flowers, Stem An erect shrub which grows from year to year. It is 1-3 m tall. The underground roots are thick storage roots. The leaves occur one after another along opposite sides of the stem. The leaves have long leaf stalks and are oval but broad. They have...
965 zaidi Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets

Zambia Agribusiness Society - ZAS

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  1. Where There Is No Vet – Bill Forse
    This book is for anyone who keeps animals and for people who help, advise or teach others who keep animals. The book aims to help you to keep healthy animals - or help others to keep healthy animals - in places where there is no vet or veterinary services are not easily available. It also helps...



  2. Report on the State of Animal Genetic Resources in Zambia



  3. Chicken Breed Chart to Help Choose Your Chicken
    Approximately 40 breeds of chicken discussed in this chart including: Ameraucana Ancona Andalusian Appenzeller Araucana Aseel Australorp or Black Australorp



  4. Chicken Feed Formulation – John Chiseba Mwamba
    To formulate feeds, farmers have to use the Pearson Square method. In this method, the digestible crude protein (DCP) is the basic nutritional requirement for any feed preparation for all animals and birds. Now, assuming that a farmer wants to make feed for their chicken using this method, they...



  5. Technique for Maggot Production – 2010
    Maggot is the larvae of the domestic fly (Musca domestica). The Songhai Centre in Porto‐Novo has facilities for and engages in the mass production of maggots as a solution to the high cost of feed in fish and livestock production. A brief review of a maggot production enterprise in Songhai is...
107 zaidi Zambia Agribusiness Society - ZAS

MissionAssist Books - Illness and Disease

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  1. Glandular Tuberculosis
    This booklet contains notes on the prevention and treatment of glandular tuberculosis. This has been adapted from "La Tuberculosis Pulmonar" (Pulmonory Tuberculosis) by the Ministry of Health of Peru, in collaboration with SIL Peru. Text and illustrations 1976 Ministry of Health of Peru and SIL...





  2. Living with Diabetes
    This book gives advice on how to live with diabetes and other non-communicable diseases. Adapted from "Footsteps 87", the literary publication ofTearfundwith kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.





  3. Dengue Fever
    There is no cure for dengue fever but this book gives details on how to help people suffering from the disease. This uses material from "Dengue Fever" by Three Strands Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. with kind permission. 2018, Chiranjib Chatterjee This edition published in the United Kingdom in...





  4. Aids and How to Avoid It
    Advice on how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. Adapted from "Aids and How to Avoid It" by SIL, Burkina Faso and shared under a CC:BY-NC 4.0 licence. Text and illustrations 1992 SIL International. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.





  5. Covid-19: A pandemic
    Covid 19 is a pandemic which is affecting the whole world. It is usually mild but can sometimes make you very ill. There are many things you can do to protect your family and friends. It is wise to follow the advice of people at your health centre and community leaders. Written for MissionAssist....
14 zaidi MissionAssist Books - Illness and Disease

MissionAssist Books - Agriculture and Farming

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  1. How to Manage Bees
    This explains how to manage bees: planning the work, inspecting the hive and understanding what you see. This uses material from "Basic Beekeeping Manual 1: How to Manage Bees" by Pam Gregory, who offers this as her gift to beekeepers in developing countries. (The content of the text in this case...





  2. Pig Farming
    A book about pig farming, taking you from choosing a site to keep pigs, deciding which breed to buy, feeding and caring for them and finally butchering them to obtain delicious meat. Additional sources of online help are listed and an easy recipe for cooking pork is included. Adapted from a...





  3. An Easy Way to Water Seeds
    Use a tin can or plastic bottle as a mini-reservoir alongside your seeds or seedlings. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.





  4. Gardening for Better Nutrition
    This book shows how crops grown in home gardens can add important nutrients to the family diet; there is also a recipe for a soup you can make from some of those home-grown crops. It uses material fromFootsteps 52, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission Illustrations by...





  5. Small Livestock - Guinea Pigs
    Guinea pigs are easy to raise for households and small-scale farmers, as they are very productive, reproduce rapidly and produce good quality meat and fur. This uses material from "Footsteps 10" - the literary publication ofTear Fund, with kind permission. Illustrated by MissionAssist. This...
53 zaidi MissionAssist Books - Agriculture and Farming

CAN Nutricion

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  1. Diabetes - How to Prevent and Live Healthy with Diabetes? Hospitalito, Kaqchiquel
    Spanish with Kaqchiquel Organización: Hospitalito de Atitlán





  2. Complementary Food - Poster Recipes for a 6-month-old baby
    Organización: ODIM





  3. Complementary Food - Unit 4. Complementary Feeding
    Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social





  4. Complementary Food - First Month Meal Plan
    Organización: ODIM





  5. Diabetes - How to Prevent and Live Healthy with Diabetes? Hospitalito, Tzutujil
    Organización: Hospitalito de Atitlán Spanish withTzutujil
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MissionAssist Books - Information and Education

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  1. Animals-Giant Tortoise
    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...





  2. Water Pumps - Solar-power
    Solar-Powered water pumps: fresh water brought to you by the sun.This book, the fifth in a series on water pumps, explains how solar-powered pumps work and illustrates the different types available to assist in the provision of clean drinking water for the community, also water for livestock and...





  3. Water Pumps - Hydraulic
    Hydraulic ram water pumps. This book explains how hydraulic ram pumps (hydrams) work and how to install and use them. Other books in this series: Book 1 — An Overview of the Different Types of Pumps Book 2 — Human-Powered Pumps for Domestic Use Book 3 — Human and Animal Powered Pumps for...





  4. Water Pumps - Domestic
    Water Pumps - human-powered for domestic and community use.This book, the second in a series of five, focuses on human-powered pumps, their specifications and applications, from single household use to pumps which can supply a whole village. Other books in this series: Book 1 — An Overview of the...





  5. Water Pumps - Irrigation
    Water Pumps - human and animal powered for irrigation.This book, the third in a series about different types of devices for pumping water, focuses on human and animal powered pumps for use in irrigation. Other books in this series: Book 1 — An Overview of the Different Types of Pumps Book 2 —...
66 zaidi MissionAssist Books - Information and Education

Feed the Future Publications

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  1. How to Process Jack bean (and other types of beans) as human food
    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. Minimal Soil Disturbance and its Effect on Soil Moisture Availability
    This short document contains graphs that show how zero tillage leads to increased water infiltration and increased water retention in soil.





  3. Green Manure/Cover Crop approach in RAMA-BC
    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. Farmer Own Soil Fertility Analysis
    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...





  5. “Push and Pull” in Combatting Fall Army Worm and Witchweed (Striga)
    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...
10 zaidi Feed the Future Publications

Research - Posters

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  1. Poster - Soil Salinity Measurement Trial
    Salt buildup typically occurs in dry areas where evaporation exceeds precipitation. Over time, as water evaporates, the minerals left behind begin to accumulate. Plants need a certain amount of soluble salts, but when the salt content of soil water is greater than that of the water inside plant...



  2. Poster - Maize/Legume Intercrop Based on IITA 2-4-2 Design
    The 2:4 maize–double cowpea system consists of 4 rows of cowpea and 2 rows of maize, all planted on the same day. The second cowpea crop is planted after the first has been harvested (about 60 days after planting).1 The maize and cowpea are densely planted. The objective of this trial is to gain...





  3. Poster - Foods from the Rainbow
    The Foods from the Rainbow poster promotes eating foods from ALL color groups. It shows through symbols, the micronutrients that each color contributes such as Protein, Iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Folate, and Antioxidants. This educational tool has been used by health promoters to teach about...





  4. Leafy Greens for Health
    Add greens to foods for healthier meals!
  5. Test
    Test
23 zaidi Research - Posters

ECHO Asia Seed Fact Sheets

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  1. Crotalaria juncea
    General description and special characteristics – Sunn hemp is an erect, Photo: ECHO Asia staff annual legume with rapid, vigorous growth, bright yellow flowers, and plump,pubescent seed pods. The plant generally grows unbranched from the ground to approximately 60 cm (2 ft.) up the stem. Above...



  2. Cosmos sulphureus
    General description and special characteristics – Annual semi-hardy herb up to 1-2 m tall with bright orange or yellow flowers. Variety – Thung Khang Tong, a local Thai variety



  3. Benincasa hispida
    General description and special characteristics – Wax gourd is an annual squash-like vine, with large, soft, hairy leaves. Fruits are large, oblong, 25-120 cm long, usually hairy when young, and with a waxy covering when ripe. Fruit may weigh up to 40 kg, though 10 kg is normal. They have solid...



  4. Amaranthus tricolor
    General description and special characteristics – An upright branched annual of which the young leaves and stems are eaten like cooked spinach. Amaranthus tricolor originates from tropical Asia and is one of the major leafy vegetables in South and Southeast Asia. Varieties – Tigerleaf: green leaf...



  5. Coccinia grandis
    General description and special characteristics – Ivy gourd is a perennial vine with white, star shaped flowers and cucumber-like fruit which is green when immature and bright red when ripe. It is naturalized or native in Southeast Asia and East Africa, but is listed as an invasive weed in...
56 zaidi ECHO Asia Seed Fact Sheets

Haitian Network Documents

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  1. Mwongozo wa choo cha Vetiva
    Vile mtu yeyote anaweza unda na kutumia choo chake wakati wowote kwa kutumia nayasi ya vetiva. Matumizi ya nyasi ya vetiva yachukuliwa pahala pa utumiaji wa choo cha kuchimbiwa,huleta ufaraga/ficha siri na kuifanya choo cha watu/usaha kuumbuka kwa haraka.Nyasi kwa jina jiji vilivile zinaweza...





  2. Raj Powerpoint
    A powerpoint explaining rabies in general and in Haiti, how to combat it, signs, what do do if you are bit etc.





  3. Maladi Nou Ka Anpeche Nan Ayiti Ak Vaksen - Illnesses we can prevent in Haiti
    A creole document describing illnesses in Haiti that can be prevented with vaccine available in Haiti





  4. ENSÈK NAN JADEN NOU - Insects in our gardens
    Creole Document - Insects in our gardens





  5. GID ELVAJ KOSHON Kèk ti konsèy pou elvè koshon - Guide to raising piglets
    Creole Document - Guide to raising piglets
20 zaidi Haitian Network Documents

USAID Sector Environmental Guidelines & Resources - SEG

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  1. USAID SEG Construction
    Virtually all small-scale development activities—including aspects of housing, sanitation, water supply, roads, schools, community centers, storage silos healthcare, energy—involve construction. USAID’s global construction and rehabilitation portfolio includes small projects (e.g., individual...





  2. USAID SEG Crop Production
    USAID seeks to facilitate inclusive and sustainable agricultural productivity growth to lift people out of extreme poverty and hunger, giving them the ability to move beyond subsistence and engage in their local, national, and/or global economies. Best achieving these critical development...



  3. USAID SEG - Dryland Agriculture
    The world’s drylands include hyperarid, arid, semi-arid and dry subhumid areas where rainfall is highly variable, droughts are common and water is the principal limiting factor for agriculture. Dryland soils, which are characterized by low levels of moisture, organic matter, and biological...



  4. USAID SEG Ecotourism
    Ecotourism can contribute to economic development and the conservation of protected areas by generating revenues that can be used to sustainably manage protected areas, and by providing local employment and a sense of community ownership. However, without careful planning and management that...





  5. USAID SEG Energy
    Renewable energy can have numerous benefits, such as increased energy access in developing countries, public health improvements, climate change mitigation, etc. However, for those benefits to be realized, several sustainability considerations must be addressed in the design. This guideline is...
10 zaidi USAID Sector Environmental Guidelines & Resources - SEG

Mkulima Mbunifu

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  1. MkM Toleo la 75
    Desemba 2018,Toleo la 75 Mkulima Mbunifu (MkM) ni jarida linalotoa elimu ya kilimo.
  2. Mkm Toleo la 130
    Februari 2024,Toleo la 130 Mkulima Mbunifu (MkM) ni jarida linalotoa elimu ya kilimo.
  3. MkM Toleo la 93
    01-06-2020 Juni, 2020,Toleo la 93



  4. MkM Toleo la 1
    01-07-2011 Karibu mkulima uelimike Magonjwa ya kuku Unaweza kupata nakala yako Njia rahisi ya kutengeneza mbolea maji Jinsi ya kuzuia magonjwa ya kuku Faida za kutumia mbolea mboji Mahitaji ya ng’ombe ili aongeze maziwa Washirika wa Mkulima Mbunifu Namna ya kuwavutia nyuki

CTA Publications

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  1. Medicinal Plants
    The valuable medicinal properties contained in certain plants are not, however, in doubt. In recent years, for example, the Chinese plant Artemisia annua, has become the essential ingredient in a new generation of anti-malaria drugs. The plant is now being grown in East African countries to...





  2. Jinsi ya kufuga nyuki na kuchakata asali
    Hiki kijikaratasi chenye kurasa 8, kinachofaa kwa matumizi kivitendo na ambacho ni rahisi kusoma, kinashughulikia suala la jinsi ya kufuga nyuki na kuchakata asali. Pamoja na kutoa rejea ya somo lenyewe, kijikaratasi hiki pia hutoa maelezo na mapendekezo mbalimbali kwa kutumia majedwali na...



  3. Marketing Animals And Milk
    This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, helps pastoralists understand markets for animals and milk. It gives background information on types of products, market chains, adding value and different types of markets. Marketing processes are clearly outlined, along with...



  4. 10 Ways To Improve Milk Marketing
    01-01-2014 This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, describes 10 ways that pastoralists can make more money from their milk. Ideas include splitting the herd, organising a marketing group and starting a small processing plant. Illustrated throughout with line drawings, further...



  5. Producing Animals And Milk For Market
    01-01-2014 This 8-page leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, describes how pastoralists can produce strong, healthy animals and high-quality milk that will fetch a good price. It gives background information on markets for animals and milk, choosing the right animal breeds, and animal...
18 zaidi CTA Publications

Maelezo ya ECHO Afrika Mashariki

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  1. EAN Issue #7
    Families Benefited with Dairy Goats Project A Research Project:Packed Biogas in Bags Green Manure/ Cover Crops: jack bean



  2. EAN Issue #5
    Moving towards energy self-sufficiency: addressing challenges to biogas technology uptake for improving rural livelihoods Improving soil nutrients by planting Jack Bean Parthenium hysterophorus



  3. EAN Issue #4
    New seed to try: Banana Passionfruit Sweet Potato Varieties in East Africa Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease in East Africa A Focus on Perennial Vegetables



  4. EAN Issue # 9
    Food from the Wild Sweet Potato Promoting Biodiversity on Maize Smallholdings





  5. EAN Issue #2
    A Combination of Approaches to Conserve Soil and Water Tephrosia: A Multipurpose Tree for GM/CC, Soil Conservation and IPM
7 zaidi Maelezo ya ECHO Afrika Mashariki

Food Plant Solutions - Publications

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  1. Potentially Important Food Plants of Chad
    This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants ofChad. 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 good...



  2. Potentially Important Food Plants of Malawi
    This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Malawi. 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...
  3. Fresh Food for Families Event Guidelines
    Imagine - You are an immigrant to a country which, in contrast to all that you are familiar with, is in a different climate, with different soils, and different plants which will flourish in these conditions. You are keen to be a good provider for your family and the idea of growing fresh fruit...
  4. Rwanda Food Plant Solutions
    Potentially important food plants of Rwanda Food plants for healthy diets in Rwanda Also available in:Kinyarwanda (rw) Potentially important leafy greens and vegetables in Rwanda Potentially Important Fruit, Nuts and Seeds of Rwanda Good gardening and growing root crops in Rwanda If you...
  5. Western Pacific Food Plant Solutions
    Potentially Important Food Plants of the Western Pacific Potentially Important Fruits and Nuts of the Western Pacific Potentially Important Leafy Greens and Vegetables in the Western Pacific Also available in:Français (fr)Bislama (bi) Food plants for healthy diets in the Western Pacific Also...
137 zaidi Food Plant Solutions - Publications

ECHO Recipes

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  1. Breads
  2. Drinks
  3. Main Dishes - Starch
  4. Soups
  5. Desserts
8 zaidi ECHO Recipes

GODAN Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition

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  1. Lesson 3:3 Creating and Managing Open Data Repositories





  2. Lesson 2:1 Discovering Open Data





  3. Lesson 4:4 Semantic Interoperability





  4. Lesson 3:5 Developing Strategies for Implementing Open Data Plans





  5. Lesson 3:4 Advocate for Capacity Development on Open Data
17 zaidi GODAN Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition

Resources for Schools and Teachers

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  1. Designing Experiments – Science Level: Middle School
    Students will investigate recent field research studies on the ECHO-North America Small Farm Resource Center and the ECHO-Asia Small Farm Resource Center and then design their own experiments. Activity 1 ECHO-North America initiated a multi-year gliricidia intercropping trial. Researchers are...



  2. A Pre-Visit Plan -- Please discuss this very important information with your students before you visit. 
    Frequently asked questions about ECHO, the farm visit, and safety rules for enjoying the ECHO-North America Small Farm Resource Center experience...



  3. Sweet Harvest! Math Level: Middle School
    Students will convert the annual sugar cane harvest data from weight to liquid measure, calculate the number of containers needed (gallons, quarts, and pints) for sale at a farmers’ market, and form a business plan including the calculation of costs and profits. An extension activity includes...



  4. Animals on the Farm – Science and ELA Level: Elementary-Middle School
    During the ECHO tour, students saw several members of the animal kingdom which play an important role on small-scale farms. After creating a graphic organizer, students will write stories, poems, construct posters, or design illustrated brochures or information sheets describing “How to Raise”...



  5. Gone Fishing! Math Level: Middle School
    Students will analyze data from the annual Tilapia harvest comparing the pond raised fish to the aquaponics grown fish. Guess what they found?
6 zaidi Resources for Schools and Teachers

Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) Publications

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  1. Raising Healthy Sheep
    This handbook will help the sheep producer select production goals, select the type of sheep most suitable for a particular area, and will serve as a guide for the production of healthy sheep.Sheep are one of the most common livestock and among the first to be domesticated. They are very...





  2. Where There is no Animal Doctor
    Dr. Maureen Birmingham and Dr. Peter Quesenberry,Revised Edition 2016 ISBN 978-1-886532-45-8 The idea for a book "Where There is No Vet" was conceived years ago. Work was officially started in 1985 by the late Dr. Bill Baker who worked as a veterinarian in Haiti for eight years. Dr. Baker...



  3. Learning Together - The Agricultural Worker's Participatory Sourcebook
    When we begin a training program we want to encourage people's growth. We want to equip them for the future and for change. Because participatory training can cause change, it can also affect power, authority, and control. Therefore, training of any kind is not neutral. Every kind of training can...



  4. Disease and Parasite Prevention
    20-01-2006 Why do our farm animals get sick and how can we keep them healthy?" This is a question veterinarians and other specialists who work with small farmers hear frequently. Most of these farmers work very hard, giving time, effort, and loving care to their animals in the hope that their farm will be...





  5. Raising Healthy Goats
    20-01-2006 The author's sincere desire in preparing this booklet is that it will serve to be readily used as a reference and aid in the raising of goats. Veterinary information and assistance are in short supply or nonexistent in many areas of the world. The author has endeavored to write this booklet in a...
10 zaidi Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) Publications

Amaranth to Zai Holes

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  1. Poem by Larry Fisher
    After 15 years of EDN, I guess it is not too much to include a bit of levity. Economists, agronomists and planners of late Have discovered a new way to pontificate. Beyond mere jargon, like "Success Enhancement," "Integrated Development," and "Rural Advancement." Working in all their infinite...



  2. Chapter 2. Vegetables and Small Fruits in the Tropics
    19-10-1996 Vegetables and small fruits supply essential vitamins and minerals while adding variety and interest to the diet. Produce can also bring a high price in the market and provide additional household income. Vegetable use varies by region, culture, and social group. One of the first changes people...



  3. Chapter 3. Staple Crops
    19-10-1996 Staple crops are those which are most common in people's diets. Large expanses of land are dedicated to growing these foods, compared to the smaller areas planted in fruits and vegetables. In the third world, the staples are often a starch (grain or root crop) and a pulse (dried legume seed,...



  4. Chapter 4. Multipurpose Trees
    19-10-1996 All trees are multipurpose. They bring subsoil nutrients to the surface, provide shade, and slow erosion. Many trees provide fodder, living fenceposts, fruit and other edible parts, shade, insecticides, and wood; they all have some role in soil stabilization and offer quality-of-life benefits...



  5. Chapter 6. Soil Health and Plant Nutrition
    19-10-1996 Productive, resistant plants start with healthy soil. Crops need not only adequate nutrients, but a favorable soil structure and environment for optimal growth. In the tropics, soil conditions vary widely, and many small farmers are forced to grow their crops in very poor soils which require...
40 zaidi Amaranth to Zai Holes

VITA - Volunteers in Technical Assistance

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  1. Technology Transfer through VITA
    From Human Factors, 1968 A description of VITA at that time.



  2. VITA resources revived on ECHOcommunity
    Originally published by Volunteers in Techical Assistance between 1959 and 2005, an impressive collection of 137 VITA documents in 6 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) have been republished. This list includes titles like: Understanding Evaporative Cooling,...
  3. Poultry Raising
    The brooder is heated by a regular electric light bulb, placed under the brooder floor. Depending on the temperature rise required, the wattage of the light bulb will have to be chosen by experimentation. The metal floor and roof prevent predators such as rats from entering the brooder. If...
  4. Seeds, Weeds, and Pests
    This seed cleaner was developed in Afghanistan to remove round seeds of weeds from wheat grains. The round seeds could not be separated by a sieve because they were the same size as the wheat grains. The cleaner described here takes advantage of the round shape of the weed seeds to separate them...





  5. 1995 Publications Catalog
    01-01-1995 For 35 years, VITA has been helping people in developing countries improve the quality of their lives through the provision of information services. VITA's oldest service, the Inquiry Service, enlists VITA volunteers to answer requests about a variety of development issues that come from around...
133 zaidi VITA - Volunteers in Technical Assistance

ECHO Asia News

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  1. Developing Community Seed Banking Practices through Low-Cost Appropriate Technology Use
    This article by ECHO Asia Staff membersPatrick Trail, Yuwadee Danmalidoi, and Boonsong Thansrithong, appeared in ARI's'Eudoo' Journal of Rural Future Study(May, 2021) A number of motivations exist for saving seed at the community level, including crop biodiversity preservation, food sovereignty...





  2. Integrated Pest Management – IPM / Biopest
    An overview of the workshop topics including integrated pest management, natural herbicides, Beuveria, Trichoderma, etc.





  3. Substances Used for Biopest Management





  4. ECHO quick photo guide of insect pest damage vs. other crop damage / BIOPEST



  5. Asia News #10
    20-11-2016
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COMPAS - Newsletter for Endogenous Development

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  1. 05 Endogenous Development Magazine 2009 #5
    Methodologies to support endogenous development The social mobilisation approach facilitates community change in Sri Lanka Promoting health care in India - by reinforcing local health traditionsrang Ghanaian community approach AGRUCO's methods strenthen self esteem and cultural identity Reviving...



  2. CM8 Strengthening Local Economies
    In this issue, several authors indicate the causes of poverty in their area of work. For example Barkin (p.41) points at the processes of cultural oppression and agricultural modernisation that affected the indigenous peoples in rural Mexico; Satheesh (p.20) presents the influence of the Public...



  3. Book 021 Dialogues Within and Between Different Sciences: Issues and Strategies from Endogenous Perspective
    01-01-2021 This paper presents the following questions in an inter-cultural perspective: What are importantant differences in worldviews and how do these affect the ways of knowing? What is knowledge and what is science? What types of relationships can exist between dominant science and the different local...



  4. Book 019 CAPTURED End Evaluation Synthesis Report
    01-01-2012 This report provides the summary findings of the CAPTURED End Evaluation. In addition, three country evaluation reports have been produced, based on the work of the CAPTURED partners in Bolivia, Ghana and India. As noted in the ToR document, the purpose of this evaluation of the Program for...



  5. Book 015 Towards Co-Creation of Sciences #15
    01-01-2012 The objective of this book is to stimulate co-creation of sciences through an inter-cultural and inter-scientific dialogue – a dialogue in which each way of knowing expresses itself, where differences are positively and respectfully considered, and where options for complementarity (and aspects...
34 zaidi COMPAS - Newsletter for Endogenous Development

Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) Publications

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  1. TOAM - Jimsi gani wakulima wa kilimo hai wanafaidika na bioanuai?
    Jimsi gani wakulima wa kilimo hai wanafaidika na bioanuai? Bioanuai ina punguza wadudu, inatunza udongo na uhahika wa chakula. Kilomohai Training Materialshttp://www.kilimohai.org/kilimohai/training-materials
  2. TOAM - Ninawezaje kudhibiti wadudu waharibifu na magonjwa kwa njia asilia?
    Wakulima huwachukulia viumbe vinavyopunguza mavuno kuwa ni wadudu waharibifu na magonjwa. Wadudu, ndege au wanyama wengine huchukuliwa kama wadudu waharifu wakati wowote ule wanaposababisha uharibifu wa mazao au kwa mavuno yaliyohifadhiwa kwenye ghala. Fangasi, bakteria na virusi hutambulika kama...
  3. TOAM - Bioanuai ni nini?
    Bioanuai ni nini? Bioanuai maana yake kutumia mazao mengi na wanyama kwa pamoja Kilomohai Training Materialshttp://www.kilimohai.org/kilimohai/training-materials





  4. TOAM - Mifumo ya kilimo mseto
    Faida za kilimo mseto. Ongeza uzalishaji wa shamba lako kwo kupanda miti! http://www.kilimohai.org/kilimohai/training-materials





  5. TOAM - Namna ya kutayarisha
    Namna ya kutayarisha: Dawa za Asili. Kiua wadudu ni mchanganyiko ambao unaweza kuua na kufukuza wadudu. Kilomohai Training Materialshttp://www.kilimohai.org/kilimohai/training-materials
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Habari za ECHO Afrika Mashariki

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  1. ECHO East Africa Newsletter Issue 12
    Katika toleo hili: 1. Maonesho ya kilimo nanenane 2. Mbinu mbadala 3. Yaliyojiri katika benki ya mbegu 4. Baadhi ya mafanikio 5. Ubunifu 6. Habari kwa ufupi 7. Mbinu bora za kituo cha Mafunzo cha kanda ya Afrika Mashariki



  2. The chaya delivery model at homes has yielded great results





  3. East Africa Newsletter Issue 14
    In this issue: 1. Nutrition in dryland areas symposium 2.Nanenane Agricultural show 3. Appropriate technology 4. ECHO EA seed bank updates 5..Parthenium 6. Upcoming events 7. News in brief





  4. Jarida la ECHO Afrika Mashariki . Namba 2
    Yaliyomo katika taarifa hii: Mafunzo kwa Mitandao ya Kilimo Hifadhi Mabadiliko ya Wafanyakazi wa ECHO Mikakati ya ECHO Afrika Mashariki katika Hifadhi ya Mbegu kwa Wanamtandao Ziara za Wanafunzi kwenye kituo cha ECHO Afrika Mashariki Mjadala juu ya mazao yaliyobadilishwa uasilia [GMOs] Kuna nini...
  5. East Africa Announcements
    17-03-2021
11 zaidi Habari za ECHO Afrika Mashariki

Using ECHO Resources

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  1. ECHO Florida Programs
  2. ECHO Florida Community Garden Program



  3. ECHOcommunity.org
  4. ECHOcommunity legal and privacy notices
    The security of the users and members of ECHOcommunity is of utmost importance to us. These resources outline the policies that govern our data collection, the legal terms by which you may use this website and affiliated services, and what privileges are afforded to members. Please read these...





  5. ECHOcommunity Mobile App
    20-01-2021 Available on iOS 10.0+and Android 5.0+ Updated 8/2024. 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 thousands of documents and videos...

SAWBO Publications

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  1. SAWBO Collaboration Document
    Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a Michigan State University based program. SAWBO transforms extension information on relevant topics such as agriculture, health and women’s empowerment, into 2D, 2.5D and 3D animations, which are then voice overlaid into a diversity of global...



  2. SAWBO One-Page Brochure
    Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) transforms expert knowledge into educational animations, which are then translated into multiple languages from around the world. We use a rigorous co-creation and review process to create highly accurate content.



  3. Breaking out: the turning point in learning using mobile technology
    23-03-2021 Despite considerable research on YouTube as a digital media platform, little research to date has quantified the device-type used to access that online media. Analyzing access-device data for videos on one YouTube video channel—Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), which produces...

FAO Publications

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  1. Adopted International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (Last updated 2023-07)
    Parent page Adopted Standards (ISPMs)



  2. A data portrait of smallholder farmers
    The FAOSmallholder Farmers’ Dataportrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world. It can generate an image on how small family farmers in both emerging and developing countries live their lives. It is about putting in...



  3. Training Manual on Mushroom Cultivation Technology
    Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of macrofungi. They include both edible/medicinal and poisonous species. However, originally, the word “mushroom” was used for the edible members of macrofungi and “toadstools” for poisonous ones of the “gill” macrofungi. Scientifically the term “toadstool” has...



  4. Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Sourcebook
    20-01-2022 FAO, Rikolto and RUAF.2022.Urban and peri-urbanagriculture sourcebook– From production to food systems.Rome, FAO and Rikolto. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9722en The purpose of this book is to set out the key lessons learned and to provide recommendations and guidance based on existing cases and...





  5. Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) User guide
    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...
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MissionAssist Books - Health and Hygiene

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  1. How Your Diet Contributes to Good or Bad Health
    This book gives advice on how to have a healthy diet. It explains the symptoms of a bad diet, especially for children. It describes foods that give strength and energy to the body. It also describes those that protect from illness. It explains symptoms of certain illnesses that an unhealthy diet...





  2. Protein-Packed Porridge
    Emphasising the importance of good nutrition for young children, this book includes 3 recipes for protein-packed porridge. It uses material fromFootsteps 52and65, the literacy publications of Tearfund with kind permission Additional illustrations by MissionAssist This edition published in the...



  3. The Safe Use of Medicines: Always follow the instructions
    Most people will need to take medication either for a short period of time to overcome a particular illness or possibly throughout their life to combat a condition that affects their everyday living. This book stresses the importance of taking your medication in the correct way and continuing to...





  4. Albinism
    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...





  5. Baby Care, Book3
    This is the third book in a series of three about baby care. It is about weaning a baby.The baby was born strong and he was brought up healthily and well nourished on his mother’s milk. He continues to grow and reaches the third stage of his life, when he begins to feed on other foods apart from...
44 zaidi MissionAssist Books - Health and Hygiene

ATTRA Publications on Sustainable Agriculture

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  1. Tipsheet: Treatment of Sick or Injured Organic Livestock
    To comply with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic regulations, livestock producers must establish and maintain preventive livestock health care practices (seeOrganic Approach to Animal Healthtipsheet). The National Organic Program (NOP) regulations regarding these practices are...





  2. Tipsheet: Organic Pig Production
    Pig production certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a relatively small part of U.S. agriculture. Although demand for organic meat is strong in the United States, high prices for organic grains and the challenges of raising pigs in compliance with the USDA organic...





  3. Tipsheet: Organic Management of Internal and External Livestock Parasites
    Livestock parasites are present on our farms. They have many attributes that allow them to survive difficult environments and seasons, and it is literally impossible to completely eradicate them. When parasite numbers are too high for the host animals’ immune systems to control, we will observe...





  4. Tipsheet: Transitioning to Organic Management of Orchards
    Organic certification verifies that fruit is produced according to U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) organic standards. In general, the regulations make several requirements of certified organic fruit: Produced without genetic engineering, ionizing radiation, or sewage sludge Managed in a...





  5. Meat Plants: Improving Profitability in Small and Very Small Operations
    Small and very small meat plants in the U.S. typically struggle with extensive overtime costs, high turnover, high stress, production overcapacity, a declining rural customer base, declining profitability, and an extensive need for capital investment. This publication highlights small changes...
13 zaidi ATTRA Publications on Sustainable Agriculture

Food Plants International - Publications

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  1. Food Plants and Good Gardening for Healthy Diets in Zambia
    This book is designed as a simple introduction to good gardening in Zambia . 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 good quality...



  2. Fruit Trees in Arid Areas of Ghana
    Ghana has a population of about 30 million people. There are slightly over 1,200 edible plant species currently growing in Ghana. But life gets more difficult in the drier Sahel zone to the north of the country. There are possibly 4-5 million people who live in this more arid zone. Tree are...



  3. Fruit of Colombia
    Pictures of fruit that grow in Colombia



  4. Good Gardening in the Solomon Islands
    Practical ways of growing local food plants, and doing it well. This book is designed as a simple introduction to good gardeningin the Soloman Islands. 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...



  5. Food Plants for Arid Lands in Africa
    The following pages are an illustrated selection of some of the edible plants growing in arid areas in Africa. Unfortunately for many others I do not have photographs. For details about the plants check the Food Plants International database available on line at: www.foodplantsinternational.com
11 zaidi Food Plants International - Publications

USAID General Publications

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  1. Vietnam: Country Profile
    Despite Vietnam’s dramatic economic transformation into a lower middle-income country, numerous development challenges threaten Vietnam’s continued pace of economic growth and hamper its deeper integration into the global economy. The United States supports a strong, prosperous, and independent...



  2. Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Mali 2023
    The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Digital Strategy1 was launched in April 2020 to achieve and sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems that contribute to broad-based, measurable development and humanitarian assistance outcomes through the responsible use of...



  3. Defining Evaluation Questions: Module 5
    By the end of the module you will be able to: Identify the 3 types of evaluation questions. Identify what makes a good evaluation question. Know difference between typical performance evaluation and impact evaluation questions. Break questions down into sub-questions. Use the design matrix as an...



  4. Energy for All: A Guide to Key Concepts and Institutions in the Energy Sector
    Why is this Guide Necessary? Energy is the driving force behind everything. The word that originally comes from the Greek language (ἐνέργεıα) has found its place in most living languages. It is used in different scientific disciplines, physics, biology, chemistry, technology, economy or in a...



  5. Enhancing Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH): Ghana
    EnWASH seeks to fill knowledge gaps and improve rural water services. The study covers Northern, Savannah, North-East, Upper-West, and Volta regions, focusing on expanding sustainable piped water systems. EnWASH Study Objectives: Explore the drivers of financial and service delivery performance...
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USAID Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series

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  1. GN04 - Resilience Analysis
    Guidance for conducting data analysis must begin with a discussion of the research process, as the analytical approach selected is driven by the research purpose and questions. For the purposes of this guidance note, the following four steps are integral to conducting any resilience analysis:...



  2. GN01 - Risk and Resilience Assessments
    Why a Systems Approach? Systems thinking is a way of organizing a set of related units or elements and identifying the interconnections, patterns and structures that make up the whole. Understanding social-ecological systems, for instance, requires understanding how people think, engage with one...



  3. GN06 - Recurrent Monitoring Surveys
    There are several benefits to including an RMS in resilience-focused projects. Recurrent Monitoring Surveys have the ability to collect real-time (or near to real-time) data on resilience dynamics as they are unfolding. This allows teams to understand how individuals, households and communities...



  4. GN02 - Measuring Shocks and Stresses
    Investing resources in resilience building requires earnest efforts in resilience measurement and analysis, and an indispensable component of resilience measurement is shock measurement. Incorporating shock measurement into monitoring and evaluation frameworks serves two purposes. The first is to...



  5. GN03 - Resilience Capacity Measurement
    Shocks and stresses often manifest in complex ways and across a range of local, regional, national and international levels. The abilities of people, households, communities, and institutions to manage the impacts of shocks and stresses are underpinned by several factors. In order to promote...
2 zaidi USAID Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series

Hifadhi ya Rasilimali za Mafunzo ya Kilimo cha Uhifadhi

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  1. Conservation Agriculture Posters
    The editable source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in many other languages fromthe CFGB database.The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Poster List : What is CA?...





  2. Kilimo Hifadhi - Kitabu cha Mafunzo ya Wakulima,
    20-04-2020 Kwa Nini Kilimo Hifadhi? ................................................... 3 Kupunguza usumbufu wa udongo ........................................ 5 Umuhimu wa kufunika udongo ............................................ 8 Kupanda kwa usahihi...





  3. Mwongozo wa mafunzo kwa mwezeshaji wa kilimo hifadhi
    20-04-2020 Kilimo hifadhi kimeenea kwa miaka 40 iliyopita hadi kufika hekta milioni 105 za ardhi iliyolimwa duniani kote (ACT 2008). Ufanisi wa kilimo hifadhi katika kuhifadhi unyevu wa udongo, kuboresha udongo, kupunguza gharama za pembejeo,uzalishaji thabiti na mavuno mengi ya mazao kutapelekea kujenga...

Food Plants International - Posters

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  1. Michero inodyiwa muZimbabw



  2. Pandanus Fruit and Nuts in Papua New Guinea



  3. Edible leaves in Vietnam
    2024, Bruce R French, Food Plants International Some are used as vegetables Some for flavouring Some are used to make tea drinks They are added to soups and stews Usually it is the young leaves that are used Often a mixture of leaves are eaten together Normally cook all leaves to remove bacteria...



  4. Food Plants of Vanuatu



  5. Nut Foods of the Solomon Islands
6 zaidi Food Plants International - Posters

Sustainable Nutrition Manual, 2nd Edition (2016)

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  1. SNM Flyer Malawi Food List (2022.07.18 updated)
    Extracted from SNM Part 3 Health Designs Appendix 1&2



  2. Sustainable Nutrition Manual Part 1 Healthy Humans
    20-01-2016 HealthHumans isaboutthe human body and nutrition. You will also learn about foodchoicesand the benefits of diversity in diet. It has lots of useful ideas toimprove life and manydelicious recipes and suggestions for tasty, healthymeals. *Sustainable Nutrition Manual (SNM): Food, Water, Agriculture...



  3. Sustainable Nutrition Manual Part 3 Healthy Designs
    20-01-2016 HealthyDesigns is about designing for sustainable living. This book brings parts 1 and2together and guides you to make a personalised plan for SustainableNutrition. This book ispractical to design everything on your land. There islots of information in the appendicesabout foods of Malawi and...





  4. Mtaala wa Lishe Endelevu Sehemu ya 2 - Mazingira Imara
    20-01-2016 HealthyEnvironments is about natural systems and sustainability. You will learn abouttheNature Cycle and the Water Cycle and natural sustainable systems. You willbe introduced toPermaculture ideas and gain an understanding of the benefitsof diversity in Nature. *Sustainable Nutrition Manual...

Practical Action: Technology Challenging Poverty

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  1. Drying of Foods
    There are two main reasons for drying food: to prevent (or inhibit) the growth and activity of micro-organisms and hence preserve the food to reduce the weight and bulk of food for cheaper transport and storage. This technical brief describes some of the requirements for proper drying and...



  2. Small-Scale Drying Technologies
    Globally, drying is the most widely used method for preserving foods for use in the home or for sale. When drying foods such as fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs and nuts value is added by dryingand in such cases an investment in improved drying technologies may be economically viable. This...



  3. Biogas
    01-01-2007 Biogas is a well-established fuel for cooking and lighting in a number of countries. It is a gas mixture comprising around 60% methane and 40% carbon dioxide that is formed when organic materials, such as dung or vegetable matter are broken down by microbiological activity in the absence of air,...

World Bank Group - Open Knowledge Repository

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  1. The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2022
    “World Bank. 2022.The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2022. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/38148 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.” The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2022 is a pocket edition of the Global Findex Database 2021. The...



  2. Working with Smallholders : A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains
    20-01-2019 “International Finance Corporation. 2019.Working with Smallholders : A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains. Washington, DC. International Finance Corporation. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29764 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.” The purpose of Working with...

MissionAssist Books - Crafts and Skills

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  1. Water Hyacinth
    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...



  2. Preserve your Food by Drying
    A tent drier can be used to dry fruit and vegetables in the heat of the sun. Food so preserved will keep long past harvest time and can be sold later in the year in the market place. This material was taken from Footsteps - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This edition...





  3. Protection from Lightning
    Advice on how to protect buildings from lightning strikes. This material was taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. The original text was by Ronald Watts, Zambia. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
  4. Mixed Fruit Juice
    Two women sell passion fruit and pineapple mixed juice. One has not made it correctly so it makes her customers ill. The other knows how to make it safely and she tells the other woman what to do. Full instructions on how to manufacture mixed juice are included in the appendix. This uses material...





  5. How to Make Indigo Dye
    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.
57 zaidi MissionAssist Books - Crafts and Skills

ECHO Research Newsletter

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  1. December 2024 ECHO Research Newsletter
    December 2024 is the third issue of ECHO Research Newsletters. To correspond with ideas and feedback about the topics ofthis newsletter, email publishing@echonet.org. Engagement Opportunities:IV International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species andSpecial journal issue on Agriculture and...



  2. April 2025 ECHO Research Newsletter
    15-04-2025 April 2025 is the fourth issue of ECHO Research Newsletters. To correspond with ideas and feedback about the topics ofthis newsletter, emailpublishing@echonet.org. ECHO Research Updates: Seed storage temperature trial andProcessing of banana stalks for pig feed Opportunities for Engagement:IV...



  3. August 2024 ECHO Research Newsletter
    23-08-2024 August 2024 is the secondissue of ECHO Research Newsletters. To correspond with ideas and feedback about the topics ofthis newsletter, email publishing@echonet.org. Engagement Opportunities: Monitoring and evaluation, Plant nutritional information Knowledge Exchange: A research round table and...



  4. May 2024 ECHO Research Newsletter
    02-05-2024 May 2024 is the first issue of ECHO Research Newsletters. To correspond with ideas and feedback about the topics ofthis newsletter, email publishing@echonet.org. Engagement Opportunities: Monitoring and evaluation, Plant nutritional information Knowledge Exchange: A research round table and...

Seeds for a Future Publications

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  1. Evaluación de la Adaptabilidad de dos Cultivares de Brassica Oleracea L., Brócoli y Coliflor, Enfocado a la Producción en Campo y en Raciones Para Personas en dos Estratos de Chocolá, San Pablo Jocopilas, Suchitepéquez.
    La vulnerabilidad de las familias guatemaltecas a la inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional, es un problema que se ha agravado ante la crisis de la pandemia del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); ante esta circunstancia adversa, la Aldea Chocolá no es la excepción. Bajo este contexto, se ha evaluado la...



  2. The Program In Detail
    This PDF goes into greater detail about the Seeds for a Future Program, and what we’ve learned and incorporated along the way.



  3. Vivir Mejor - An Integrated Approach to Chronic Malnutrition and ‘Living Better’ in Rural Guatemala
    Daillen Nordell Culver, Originally submitted August 2020,MSc International Development, University of Edinburgh,School of Social and Political Science Chronic malnutrition’s disproportionate impact on indigenous Guatemalans remains an obstacle to rural development. Emerging research suggests the...



  4. The INCAP Research Study of SfF Programs
    During 2014 – 2017, the Institute for Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) scientifically documented Seeds for a Future’s Integrated Program, and its positive health impacts for the Program’s participants.

USAID Women's Issues Publications

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  1. 2023 Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy
    The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) affirms that gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are fundamental for the realization of human rights and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes. For societies to thrive, women and girls, men and boys, and...



  2. Optional Social Impact Assessment Framework
    USAID, USAID’s programs, projects and activities assist communities in building greater resilience and, ultimately, becoming self-reliant. Agency decision-makers must balance the potential benefits of activities that aim to build resilience with the possibility that such efforts could have...



  3. Getting To 2030: Maternal & Child Health & Nutrition Technical Roadmap
    For more than 50 years, USAID has worked with countries to deliver a wide range of programs and approaches to save the lives of women, newborns, and children. The results have been impressive. The commitment of countries and the generosity of the American people have resulted in significant...



  4. Menstrual Health & Hygiene: Technical Brief
    Despite being a basic bodily function, menstruation has lived in the shadows across cultures, geographies, and history. In recent years, global health, international development, and women’s rights communities have increasingly recognized the role that menstruation plays in achieving their...

ICIPE Publications

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  1. Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
    Nematodes are difficult to diagnose due to their nonspecific, cryptic disease symptoms, lack of apparent damage, limited diagnostic capabilities, and inadequate understanding of nematodes and expertise to manage the pests. Nematodes are often misdiagnosed or attributed to other causes.



  2. Biopesticides as Effective Tools for the Control of Ticks
    Ticks and tick-borne diseases cause great economic loss to livestock in the world and have adverse effects on them in several ways and even leads to their death. Ticks parasitise a wide range of vertebrate hosts and transmit a variety of pathogenic agents than any other group of arthropods. The...





  3. Integrated Pest Management for Brassica Production in East Africa A Guidebook
    20-01-2013 Many of the important agricultural and horticultural crops cultivated worldwide belong to the genus Brassica. The main brassicas grown in East Africa are cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata); kale, also called choumolea (B. oleracea L. var. acephala); Chinese cabbage (B. campestris L....



  4. A Field Guide to the Management of Economically Important Tephritid Fruit Flies in Africa 2006
    20-01-2006 This field guide provides agricultural scientists, extension workers and quarantine specialists with information on the life cycle, damage symptoms, distribution and host plants of major fruit fly species of fruits and vegetables in Africa. The purpose, tools and methodology for fruit fly...

Infonet Biovision Publications

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  1. Diseases of Sheep & Goats in East Africa
    Diagnostic chart based on disease signs and observations



  2. Diseases of Cattle in East Africa - Diagnostic Chart
    20-02-2016 Diagnostic chart based on disease signs and observations



  3. Enhancing Tree Planting - Consultancy Report
    20-01-2012 Infonet-Biovision, an initiative of Biovision Farmer Communication Programme, provides small-scale farmers, communities, NGOs, and trainers with practical information and knowledge on simple, workable and ecologically compatible practices and methods that sustain farming and household incomes. It...



  4. Training for IPM in Mango Production in East Africa
    20-01-2005 Mango is one of the most important fruit crops in the tropical and subtropical lowlands. It is a fruit growing in popularity worldwide and well suited to East Africa as a commercial crop. These guidelines are for farmer-to-farmer leaders of a training programme. They are accompanied by a field...

Grower Talks

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  1. Grower Talks - Insecticide, Miticide, and Fungicide Guide
    GrowerTalks magazinemay be the best-known greenhouse trade publication in the world. While it’s published in America’s Midwest, just outside of Chicago, its reach and influence is global, with its editors historically on the road and in the air to find the stories, trends and news. ARTICLES FROM...



  2. Grower Talks - Insecticide, Miticide, and Fungicide Guide
    01-01-2021 GrowerTalks magazinemay be the best-known greenhouse trade publication in the world. While it’s published in America’s Midwest, just outside of Chicago, its reach and influence is global, with its editors historically on the road and in the air to find the stories, trends and news. ARTICLES FROM...

USAID Crop Publications

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  1. Farmers Handbook for Onion Production
    Onions are one of the oldest vegetables in continuous cultivation, dating back to at least 4,000 BC as recorded by ancient Egyptians. This fact is documented in the Bible and Holy Quran. » The common dry onions (Allium cepa), a member of the Amarylli-daceae family, originated in central Asia...



  2. Chili Production Manual - Chili Production, Harvest & Post-Harvest Management
    USAID - Pakistan - Chili Production, Harvest & Post-Harvest Management



  3. Onion Production: Planting Through Harvest - USAID
    20-01-2012 This manual was prepared to assist USAID-Inma field staff in working with cooperating growers. It does not cover all issues or answer all questions. The USAIDInma horticulture team or Ministry of Agriculture specialists can be consulted to answer additional questions. Onions clearly represent an...

International Biochar Initiative Publications

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  1. IBI Technical Bulletin #104
    Biochar has been shown to be beneficial for growing crops. For farmers and gardeners, biochar provides a unique opportunity to improve soil fertility for the long term using locally available materials. Used alone, or in combinations, compost, manure, and/or synthetic fertilizers are added at...



  2. IBI Technical Bulletin #103
    Biochar is mostly composed of highly stable forms of black carbon and it can be used as a tool for carbon sequestration in soil. There is also interest in using biochar to create permanent landscape art, including as part of projects (such as 350.org) aimed at raising public awareness about...



  3. IBI Technical Bulletin #102
    Biochar should always be tested for safety before applying to soil (see IBI Technical Bulletin #101: Quick tests to determine whether a biochar material contains compounds that are potentially harmful to plants). Biochar is not a single material and can vary in its composition according to how it...





  4. IBI Technical Bulletin #101
    Biochar can be made from a wide variety of feedstocks and under a wide variety of conditions, yielding a wide variety of potential product characteristics. Not all biochars are suitable for soil application as supplied. This Technical Bulletin covers two rapid tests that can be used to assess the...



  5. The Use of Biochar in Composting
    20-02-2015 Marta Camps, Massey University; and Thayer Tomlinson, International Biochar Initiative February 2015 Both compost and biochar production are methods to utilize and recycle organic wastes. This paper provides information on the use of biochar in composting and highlights the potential benefits,...
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Resilience Design

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  1. Permagarden Technical Manual
    The Permagarden Technical Manual Third Edition explains the key concepts and techniques necessary to create permagarden growing systems. It then explains how these techniques can be incorporated into emergency and nonemergency programs that support home gardens, using a farmer-led process of...



  2. Resilience Design for Water and Landscapes
    This primer is designed to support those working in humanitarian and development contexts by highlighting a design process for increasing community resilience to shocks and stresses ranging from social and economic upheaval to natural disasters such as floods, drought, increased heat and aridity,...





  3. Resilience Design for Agroecological Production
    As Resilience Design is increasingly implemented across multiple organizations, programs and contexts, these minimum standards serve as a guide for ensuring consistency and quality. They apply to all humanitarian and development programs implementing Resilience Design approaches, whether at a...





  4. Permagarden Monitoring Sheet
    Permagarden Monitoring Sheeton the areas including: DESIGN: Site has a context-specific design that optimizes resources and external influences. WATER: Site has water harvesting strategies to slow, spread, sink and manage water. SOIL HEALTH: Site creates a healthy soil food web that supports...





  5. Resilience Design Training Facilitator’s Guide
    This Resilience Design (RD) Facilitator’sGuide is a training tool that can be used to cascade the Resilience Design in Smallholder Farming Systems approach (RD approach). Facilitators should ideally have received prior training in the RD approach, agroecology, or agriculture before conducting an...
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Miongozo mingine ya Mafunzo ya Wakulima

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  1. Manure Management
    The editable source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in many other languages fromthe CFGB database. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Learning Outcomes –...



  2. Integrated Pest Management
    The editable source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in many other languages fromthe CFGB database. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Learning Outcomes –...



  3. Collective Marketing
    The editable source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in many other languages fromthe CFGB database. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. The marketing exercises...



  4. Preparing CA Fields with Ox-Drawn Rippers - Facilitators Guide
    20-04-2020 The editable source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in many otherlanguages fromthe CFGB database. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Learning Outcomes –...



  5. Integrated Soil Fertility Management - Facilitators Guide
    20-04-2020 The editable source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in many other languages fromthe CFGB database. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Learning Outcomes –...
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Tropical Production Systems

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  1. Technical Note - Collection of Two Native Cultivars of Phaseolus lunatus f. microcarpus in the Guatemalan Humid Lowland Tropics.
    This Technical Note reports on the seed collection of 2 native cultivars of the “Sieva” group, during the major dry period in years 2008 and 2009. The cultivars were collected in the Humid Lowland Tropics in Southeastern Guatemala in Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities in the regions of Sumach-Rio Pita,...





  2. AGRO ETHNO ECOLOGY: Foodcrop-Livestock-Forestry Production in the Humid Lowland Tropics. Mesoamerican Edition 2015
    This technical manual focuses on the development, compilation, validation, and transfer of sustainable and profitable foodcrop-livestock-forestry management practices that favor rural families with limited financial resources on less-fertile hill-lands in the Humid Lowland Tropics; giving...





  3. AGRO ETHNO ECOLOGY: Foodcrop-Livestock-Forestry Production in the Humid Lowland Tropics. Amazonian Edition 2016
    This technical manual focuses on the development, compilation, validation, and transfer of sustainable and profitable foodcrop-livestock-forestry management practices that favor rural families with limited financial resources on less-fertile hill-lands in the Humid Lowland Tropics; giving...

Trees for the Future

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  1. Forest Garden: Technical Garden
    Trees for the Future is dedicated to ending extreme hunger and poverty across Sub-Saharan Africa by revitalizing degraded lands using the Forest Garden Approach. The Forest Garden Approach, developed by Trees for the Future, diversifies farming systems with trees and food crops that meet...



  2. Forrest Garden: Facilitator's Guide
    Trees for the Future is dedicated to ending extreme hunger and poverty across Sub-Saharan Africa by revitalizing degraded lands using the Forest Garden Approach. The Forest Garden Approach, developed by Trees for the Future, diversifies farming systems with trees and food crops that meet...



  3. Forest Garden: Farmer's Workbook, Year 4
    You are on your way to growing a Forest Garden by protecting, diversifying and optimizing your farm with trees and other crops. This is the fourth Farmer Workbook which includes activities and resources you will use throughout the this last year of the Forest Garden Training Program. We hope you...



  4. Forrest Garden: Training of Trainers Guide
    Trees for the Future is dedicated to ending extreme hunger and poverty across Sub-Saharan Africa by revitalizing degraded lands using the Forest Garden Approach. The Forest Garden Approach, developed by Trees for the Future, diversifies farming systems with trees and food crops that meet...



  5. Forest Garden: Farmer's Workbook, Year 1
    By joining this training program, you have taken the first step to growing a steady source of nutritious food and income. Over the next four years you will learn to grow a Forest Garden by protecting, diversifying and optimizing your farm with trees and other crops. This training program consists...
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ECHO Research - Guidance

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  1. Toward more Fruitful Agricultural Experimentation
    For many of us the idea of “research” is scary. We are not trained in it. We picture rigorous statistical analyses that we are unfamiliar with. We have seen glossy scientific journals with technical words that we do not understand. Besides, isn’t our goal to directly help smallholder farmers? Why...



  2. Formalizing Your Research: How to Carry Out an Agricultural Experiment
    As you work in agricultural development, there may be times that you find yourself wondering about the answer to a specific question you have. For example, should plants be spaced 30 cm or 60 cm apart to achieve the highest yield? Which one of three tomato cultivars would grow best in a...



  3. Using Science to Help the Poor: Low-budget Research Ideas
    20-10-2000 Halfway through my doctoral studies in biochemistry I had an opportunity to travel to a developing country to visit some missionaries and the people they served. Thanks to that visit I began my “mid-life” crisis in my mid-twenties. My research at Indiana University was in what one would call “...

ECHO Technical Notes

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  1. Mwongozo kwa wakulima wadogo wa kilimo cha kitropiki
    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. Tire, Sack, and Keyhole Gardens
    19-03-2025 Home gardens are typically small growing areas near the homestead that contain crops of specific importance to the family. Home gardens offer quick access to herbs, fruits, and vegetables that help boost household nutrition.This article will detail step-by-step instructions for how to make a tire...



  3. Maresha Plow
    18-09-2024 ECHO East Africa worked with Neil Rowe-Miller from 2018-2023 to develop and refine the Maresha plow, originally from Ethiopia, into a seeder for promotion of conservation agriculture in East Africa. This Technical Note includes details about the plow's benefits, parts, operation, calibration,...





  4. Bamboo Load-Centered Wheelbarrow
    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...





  5. Animal Production Litter Systems
    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...
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ECHO Development Notes (EDN)

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  1. EDN Issue #169
    01-04-2025 Direct Solar Dryers:A simple, cheap option for solar food drying Echoes from Our Network: In-Field Grafted Avocado andFertility Ditches with Elephant Grass and/or Bananas From ECHO’s Seed Bank: Moth Bean Vigna aconitifolia, a Multipurpose Legume for Arid Climates Books, Websites, and Other...





  2. EDN Issue #168
    05-02-2025 10-Day Organic Liquid Protective Fertilizer Raw, Boiled, and Fermented Banana Stalk Comparison for use in Farm-generated Pig Feed Grey Water for Watering Plants From ECHO’s Seed Bank: Vigna vexillata, A Multi-Purpose Legume with Edible Tubers Books, Websites, and Other Resources:Invitation to...





  3. EDN Issue #167
    16-12-2024 Harvesting Water with Hafirs : Lessons from East Africa Echoes from our Network: Six Mulching Principles From ECHO’s Seed Bank: Adzuki Bean Books, Websites, and Other Resources: Tools for Underutilized Crop Selection - VACS Explorer, CropBase, ISHS Symposium on Underutilized Crop Species and...





  4. EDN Issue #166
    01-10-2024 ECHO is excited to share with you that we are re-engaging with our Central America and Caribbean (CAC) partners and network members through the establishment of a Regional Impact Center (RIC). We have heard the needs in the region and are focusing our efforts on being able to fully support a RIC...





  5. EDN Issue #165
    01-08-2024 Towards the use of Biopesticides Echoes from our Network: Fall Armyworm Question and Answerwith Dr. Allan Hruska, Ph.D. From ECHO's Seed Bank: Cucurbita Mochata 'Thai Kang Kob' Open-source Journals:The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico and Ag4Dev
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Farming System

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  1. Multicriteria assessment of recently implemented conservation agriculture cropping systems across farmers’ plots in northwestern Cambodia
    20-01-2025 Sambo Pheap, Alexis Thoumazeau, Jun Murase, Vang Seng, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Veng Sar, Linda Kimbo, Soklin Kheam, Pheakdey Chan, Pao Srean, Samrith Leang, Lyda Hok, Florent Tivet, Multicriteria assessment of recently implemented conservation agriculture cropping systems across farmers’ plots in...



  2. Urban agriculture: A strategic pathway to building resilience and ensuring sustainable food security in cities
    20-01-2025 Ruwanthika Gunapala, Ruchira Gangahagedara, W.C.S. Wanasinghe, Anjalika U. Samaraweera, Ashoka Gamage, Chamila Rathnayaka, Zammil Hameed, Zaher Abdel Baki, Terrence Madhujith, Othmane Merah, Urban agriculture: A strategic pathway to building resilience and ensuring sustainable food security in...

CFGB Conservation Agriculture Newsletter

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  1. CFGB CA News Volume 10 Issue 4 - December 2024
    01-12-2024 Inside this Issue: The Power of Conservation Agriculture and Small-Scale Irrigation Soil Cover is the driver of adoption of conservation agriculture by small-holder farmers Partner Profile: Lutheran World Federation, LWF-Burundi.





  2. CFGB CA News Ujazo Naomba 10 Nakala Ya 2 - Aprili, 2024
    01-04-2024 Ndani ya toleo hili: Kutengeneza mazingira wezeshi kwa kilimo hifadhi Mifumo ya Ikolojia ya udongo inaimarishwa na shughuli za kilimo hifadhi. Wasifu wa Washiriki: ADRAMsumbiji - (mradi wa ZIREF) Ratiba za ziara za ALTA





  3. CFGB CA News Ujazo Naomba 10 Nakala Ya 1 - Januari, 2024
    01-01-2024 Ndani ya toleo hili: Kutetea Ukuzaji wa Kilimo Hifadhi Introducing Lidet Sitatow, Agriculture and Livelihoods Technical Advisor for Ethiopia Taarifa juu ya usimamizi wa Viwavi Jeshi Wasifu wa Mshirika: Huduma za Maendeleo ya Anglikana - Bonde la Ufa, Kenya





  4. CFGB JARIDA LA KILIMO HIFADHI, SEPTEMBA 2023 ● UJAZO NAMBA 9 ● NAKALA YA 3
    20-09-2023 NDANI YA TOLEO HILI : Mazao Funika na Mbolea ya Kijani Katika Maeneo Yenye Misimu Miwili ya Mvua Kukuza Kilimo Hifadhi Kilichojikita Katika Ukuaji Endelevu Nchini Ethiopia (SCASI) Wasifu wa Mkulima wa Kilimo Hifadhi: RATIBA YA SAFARI ZA ALTA





  5. CFGB CA News Volume 9 Toleo la 2 - Juni, 2023
    20-06-2023 Ndani ya Toleo Hili: Kilimo Kama Biashara Kusimulia Hadithi kwa Picha Wasifu wa Mkulima wa Kilimo Hifadhi Wasifu wa mshirika: Ofisi ya ODE (de Développement des Eglises Evangéliques) RATIBA ZA SAFARI ZA ALTA
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ECHO Best Practice Notes

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  1. Best Practices in Livestock Projects
    06-11-2024 This ECHO Best Practice Note distills insights from farmers and other specialists who collaborated in promoting livestock as a means to improve rural livelihoods. Acknowledgment is given especially to Heifer International and to all its partners who developed a substantial program that still...



  2. Best Practices for Tropical Dryland Agriculture
    16-12-2021 It is estimated that drylands occupy 40% of the earth’s surface.Drylands are regions where the average annual precipitation is less than 65% of the average annual potential evapotranspiration (an Aridity Index of < 0.65). The FAO Aridity Index is defined as a 30 year average of annual...





  3. Farmer-Centered Climate Change Mitigation
    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...





  4. Selecting Legumes as Green Manure/Cover Crops
    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...





  5. Best Practices in Conservation Agriculture
    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...
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Practical Action Publications

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  1. Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development
    20-01-2023 In the drylands and mountains where pastoralists live, uncertainty is everywhere. In these settings, negotiating access to resources, navigating volatile markets, making use of varying social relations in times of stress, and responding to conflict and complex political dynamics is essential if...



  2. Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development
    20-01-2015 The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. The book looks at the role of social institutions and the politics...

ILEIA Newsletter - LEISA Magazine - Farming Matters

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  1. ILEIA Legacy is Living On
    20-12-2022 ILEIA - Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture, had its start in 1984. It started from the observation that family farmers in remote, diverse and risk-prone farming conditions did not benefit from ‘modern’ agriculture based on external inputs: chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and...



  2. FM 2020 Farming Matters Vol 36 #1
    20-01-2020 In this issue: Agroecology and feminist economics The path to feminist agroecology The economic potential of agroecology in Europe The rise of rural women's movements in Southern Africa Care ethics in agroecology Highland agriculture Growing equity through agroecology in Uganda



  3. FM 2018 Farming Matters Vol 34 #1
    20-03-2018 Community supported agroecology thriving in China Farmers ensure safe water for New York City Agroecology is the way forward for Africa Organic and agroecology Women in Brazil build autonomy with agroecology Land grabbing threatens agroecology Rice Intensification in India Peasant agroecology in...



  4. FM 2017 Farming Matters Vol 33 #1
    20-04-2017 Agroecology for food sovereignty Food versus the big city of Istanbul Human-centred agriculture fighting exploitation and racism Food sovereignty taking root in women's knowledge Locally rooted ideas and initiatives from the field The vitality of everyday food Food sovereignty stories from...



  5. FM 2016 Farming Matters Vol 32 #4
    20-12-2016 Listening to pastoralists Pastoral Parliament - a platform to be heard and seen Migrant shepherds sustain pastoralism in the Mediterannean Pastoralists' breeds represent generations of knowledge Pastoralist women have the capacity to lead Adapting traditional land goverance in Somalia...
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LEISA India Publications

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  1. Building farm resilience – September 2022 – Issue 24.3
    20-09-2022 We have come a long way on the path of development, which we can be proud of. But development comes with a huge cost in terms of its effect on environment, climate and communities. Farmers, already a vulnerable lot, become more vulnerable when they have to deal with the aberrations in climate,...



  2. Agroecology education – June 2022 – Issue 24.2
    20-06-2022 Education in any discipline needs to foster continuity and change. In applied sciences like Agriculture, Engineering, needs to be responsive to changing needs from the field. In case of agriculture, farming is pursued by rural majority, many of them illiterate too. They are the actual ‘...



  3. Urban Agriculture – March 2022 – Issue 24.1
    20-03-2022 When we first conceived urban agriculture as a potential theme, we were aware of some known initiatives across country both in urban and peri urban areas. However, it was heartening to see the wonderful response – individual efforts; efforts galvanised by State support; social media enthusiasm in...

ECHO Asia Notes

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  1. AN Issue #48
    03-03-2022 Featured in this AN Playing with Water Wheels: Exploring Low-Cost Methods for Pumping Irrigation Water A 'Successful Failure': Introducting SALT Technology in Northern Thailand Virtual Training Opportunities- email us at echoasia@echocommunity.org



  2. AN Issue #47
    15-09-2021 Featured in this AN Establishing a Scaled-Up Black Soldier Fly System An Innovative 'Do-All' Biochar Burner Design



  3. AN Issue #46
    14-06-2021 African Swine Fever Virus: Overview and Prevention on the Small Farm [Editor’s Note: For questions, comments, or personal experience on this topic visit ECHOcommunity Conversations: African Swine Fever Virus] [Example] Small FarmBiosecurity Plan for the Prevention of African Swine Fever I Suspect...



  4. AN Issue #45
    01-03-2021 Featured in this AN Stingless Beekeeping (Meliponiculture) on Java [Editor’s Note: For questions, comments, or personal experience on this topic visit the echocommunity ‘conversations’ forum Meliponiculture: Stingless Beekeeping.] Production of Vegetable Fern (Diplazium esculentum Reytz.) Under...



  5. AN Issue #44
    14-12-2020 Featured in this AN The Martinez Airlift Water Pump Do All Parts of the Chaya Plant Contain Cyanide? Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide
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World Health Organization Publications

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  1. State of the World's Hand Hygiene: A Global Call to Action to Make Hand Hygiene a Priority in Policy and Practice
    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...

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Publications and Resources

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  1. LEGS Participatory Techniques Toolkit
    20-05-2021 LEGS Participation Mini Module Suji Omeno In this Mini Module, LEGS provides key techniques to aid and facilitate community participation. Some of the techniques includeFocus Group Discussions,Key Informant Interviews,Proportional Piling, Simple Ranking,Pairwise Ranking,Matrix Scoring,Historical...





  2. Gender and Livestock in Emergencies
    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. The Quality of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
    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....





  4. Livestock Insurance
    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...





  5. Livestock and Nutrition
    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...
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Aprovecho Publications

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  1. Clean Burning Biomass Cookstoves
    20-01-2021 Since its inception, the stove movement has consistently maintained that the users and local stakeholders must be the drivers of innovation. The German development agency, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), and many other organizations, have made it clear that...



  2. Clean Burning Biomass Cookstoves
    20-01-2021 Appendixes featuring CAD drawings of the • Natural Draft Sunken Pot Rocket Stove • Kirk Harris Natural Draft Top Lit Up Draft (TLUD) Stove • Side Feed Bottom Air Forced Draft Rocket Stove • Top Lit Forced Draft Stove • Charcoal Stove

ECHO Research Notes

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  1. ECHO Research Notes Volume 2
    01-01-2021 ECHO ResearchNotes are topic-specificpublications about crops and agricultural practicesimportant to those working in the tropics and subtropics. Our material is authored by ECHO staff (past and present) as well as outside writers, all with experience and knowledge of their subject. These...





  2. ECHO Research Notes Volume 1
    01-01-2020 ECHO ResearchNotes are topic-specificpublications about crops and agricultural practicesimportant to those working in the tropics and subtropics. Our material is authored by ECHO staff (past and present) as well as outside writers, all with experience and knowledge of their subject. These...

Greenhouse Management

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  1. Greenhouse Management -September 2021
    01-01-2021 Greenhouse Managementmagazine is the leading trade publication serving greenhouse growers. Growers depend on us because of the in-depth educational content we provide month after month. Our team provides the most up-to-date independent research, trends reports and relevant business information...

CAN Culinaria

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  1. Chaya Recipe Book
    20-11-2019





  2. Healthy Cookbook for Children
    20-01-2019 RECETARIO WUQU’ KAWOQ Versión 2018-2019 Elaborado por: Valeria Morales. Spanish Only.

ECHO West Africa Notes

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  1. ECHO Notes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Numéro 3
    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. ECHO Notes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Numéro 2
    03-01-2018 Techniques de production avicole traditionnelle epublication:Options de restauration des sols improductifsetOptions où l'eau est rare





  3. ECHO West Africa Note Issue 1
    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

Haiti Development Notes

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  1. Nòt Devlopman Ayiti - Haiti Development Notes Issue 5
    20-03-2019 Kreyòl





  2. Nòt Devlopman Ayiti - Haiti Development Notes Issue 4
    20-12-2018 Kreyòl





  3. Nòt Devlopman Ayiti - Haiti Development Notes Issue 3
    20-08-2018 Kreyòl





  4. Nòt Devlopman Ayiti - Haiti Development Notes Issue 2
    20-04-2018 Kreyòl





  5. Nòt Devlopman Ayiti - Haiti Development Notes Issue 1
    20-01-2018 Kreyòl

Postharvest Education Foundation Publications

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  1. 100 under $100: Tools for Reducing Postharvest Losses
    20-01-2019 This book features many videos, effective teaching tools not only for readers but for this author. I literally watched people from all walks of life who have posted videos of themselves demonstrating useful skills and scientific concepts. (I screened **dozens** of onion and garlic braiding videos...



  2. Small-Scale Postharvest Handling Practices: A Manual for Horticultural Crops
    20-11-2015 Effective management during the postharvest period, rather than the level of sophistication of any given technology, is the key in reaching the desired objectives. While large-scale operations may benefit from investing in costly handling machineryand high-tech postharvest treatments, often these...

ECHO Latin America and Caribbean Notes (LACN)

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  1. LACN Issue #4
    22-02-2018 Green Leafy Vegetables and Powders for Improved Nutrition in Honduras Member Highlight: Elioena Arauz,Artists for Soup, Nicaragua Echoes from our Network: Deep Litter System ECHO Resource Highlight: Green Leafy Vegetables Technical Note Spotlight: "Linking Smallholder Farmers to Markets"





  2. LACN Issue #3
    04-12-2017 ECHO in Latin America and the Caribbean Experimenting with Medicinal Plants in Matagalpa, Nicaragua Staff Highlight Tech Note Spotlight: "Introducing new seeds overseas" Tech Note Spotlight: "Introduction to Tropical Root Crops" Echoes from our Network Resources: Wuqu' Kawoq (The Maya Health...





  3. LACN Issue #2
    31-07-2017 Las Cañadas Agro-ecological Chickens Module Introducing New Team Leader: Cecilia Gonzalez Tech Note Spotlight: "Cafeteria Feeding" of Chickens From ECHO's Seed Bank: Ethiopian Kale Member Highlight: Javier Ignacio Silva Rivera Our Vision:Honoring God by Empowering the Undernourished with...





  4. LACN Issue #1
    30-03-2017 Making Silage in Vichada Tech Note Spotlight: Biosand Water Filter Echoes from our Network: Member Highlight Adria and Job From ECHO's Technical Respose Team: Appropriate forage crops for clay soils From ECHO's Seed Bank: Forage peanut

Agricultural Risk Assessment and Management

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  1. Risk Assessment/ Measurement and Prioritization in Agriculture
    20-01-2017 A Comprehensive Agricultural Risk Assessment Survey should include key informants like those listed below, to assess risk at both: the farmer/ARE level and the value-chain level. It will never be possible to include all the informants listed below, but the best risk assessment resulting in the...



  2. Agricultural Risk Management Services: A Key to Increasing Financial Inclusion of Farmers
    13-03-2013 Within the internationally recognized field of agricultural risk assessment and management, riskscan be evaluated according to three basic criteria : 1. Impact: In other words, how severe will the risk event be if it actually happens? Some risks can destroy the whole year's farm income and even...



  3. Ag Risk Management Planning Process and Scoring Grid
    20-01-2013 Risk Management Planning assumes that assessment of risks has taken place, and that risks have been prioritized according to severity, likelihood, and manageability of the risks. The resulting risks can then be placed on the scoring grid below and actions identified to address the risks. Once...



  4. Ag Risk Assessment Practical Exercise Koboko
    20-01-2013 This Risk Assessment Exercise is bestused in conjunction with the other Risk Management materials provided by Steve Hodges



  5. Ag Risk Assessment Prioritization Worksheet
    20-01-2013 This information in this worksheet is bestused in conjunction with the other Risk Management materials provided by Steve Hodges, Managing Director/Consultant,African Agriculture Risk Management Services, Uganda. Steve spoke at the 2012 ECHO International Agriculture Conference

Agrodoks

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  1. Agrodok 055, Beef Production
    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. Agrodok 053, Crop Residues for Animal Feed
    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. Agrodok 054, Edible Insects in Africa
    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. Agrodok 052, Backyard Grasscutter Keeping
    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...





  5. Agrodok 051, Improving Lowland Rice Cultivation
    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...
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ECHO Summaries

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  1. Analyzing and Supporting Gender Responsive Value Chains
    05-08-2015 The complexity of the global food system creates a diverse group of actors ranging from smallholders to large corporations involved in the agriculture sector. Each of the many actors in an agriculture value chain has different needs, objectives, strengths and weaknesses. With women accounting for...





  2. Farmer Engagement in Agriculture Extension
    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....





  3. Effective Use of Workshops in Agriculture Extension
    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...



  4. Lessons from Small Farm Resource Centers
    13-07-2015 Based on a MEAS paper entitled, The Current and Future Roles of Small Farm Resource Centers in Extension and Advisory Services: Synthesis Report from Seven Case Studies in Southeast Asia, this document highlights key take-a-ways of an assessment by ECHO of seven SFRCs in Southeast Asia. Through...



  5. Teaching in Field Settings
    03-06-2015 Field-based teaching provides first-hand experience about the subject matter being discussed. An on-site encounter allows farmers to observe innovations in practice, discuss them, and ask questions. Farmers exposed to new ideas will be much more likely to understand and apply the information if...
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Shirika la Mitamba

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  1. Integrated Smallholder Dairy Farming Manual - 2015
    20-01-2015 Dairying as an enterprise has got a place alongside other viable tools of poverty alleviation, besides creating job opportunities to jobless families in Tanzania. Statistics from the ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development show that there are about 800,000 improved dairy cattle in...





  2. Mwongozo wa ufugaji bora wa mbuzi wa maziwa
    20-01-2010 MWONGOZO WA UFUGAJI BORA WA MBUZI WA MAZIWA





  3. Mwongozo wa Ufugaji Bora wa Nguruwe
    20-01-2010 Mwongozo wa Ufugaji Bora wa Nguruwe
  4. Ufugaji bora wa ng'ombe wa maziwa-2
    20-01-2010 Ufugaji bora wa ng'ombe wa maziwa-2
  5. Kitabu cha kuku wa asili
    20-07-2008 Kitabu cha kuku wa asili Kuku wa kienyeji ni wale ambao wamekuwepo hapa nchini kwa miaka mingi na damu yao haijachanganyika na ya kuku wa kigeni. Kuku hawa wana rangi na maumbo mbali mbali. Idadi ya kuku wa kienyeji hapa Tanzania inakadiriwa kufikia milioni 27. Kati ya kaya milioni 3.8...
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USDA Agriculture Handbooks

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  1. Tropical Nursery Manual
    20-01-2014 A Guide to Starting and Operating a Nursery for Native and Traditional Plants This handbook was written for anyone endeavoring to start and operate a nursery for native and traditional plants in the tropics. Because the tropics cover a vast area of the world, however, the scope of the handbook is...



  2. The Woody Plant Seed Manual
    20-07-2008 This handbook on the seeds of woody plants would not be possible if not for the pioneering work of many individuals in past years. They worked without the modern laboratory and information retrieval services that we now routinely use and take for granted. Their early efforts in the first half of...



  3. Tropical tree seed manual
    20-01-2002 File: Download [PDF File] 38MB Author(s): Vozzo, J. A.,United States. Forest Service. Subject(s): Trees -- Tropics -- Seeds.,Trees -- North America -- Seeds.,Tropical plants -- Seeds -- Identification.,Tropical plants -- North America -- Seeds -- Identification. Format: 899 p. Coverage: tropics...



  4. Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics: An Inventory
    19-01-1987 File: Download [PDF File] Author(s): Martin, Franklin W.,Campbell, Carl W.,Ruberte, Ruth M.,United States. Agricultural Research Service. Subject(s): Plants, Edible -- Tropics.,Tropical fruit. Format: 247 p. Coverage: tropics Language: English Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural...



  5. Tropical yams and their potential. Part 6, Minor cultivated dioscorea species
    19-01-1978 File: Download [PDF File] Author(s): Martin, Franklin W.,Degras, Lucien. Subject(s): Yams -- Tropics. Format: iii, 23 p. Coverage: tropics Language: English Publisher: Science and Education Administration, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in cooperation with Agency for International Development Year:...
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CAN Agricultura

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  1. A Garden for All - Self-Instruction Manual
    20-01-2014 5ta Edición revisada y ampliada Chile Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura Spanish Only.

World Agroforestry Center

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  1. Nursery management, tree propagation and marketing
    20-01-2013 Munjuga MR, Gachuiri AN, Ofori DA, Mpanda MM, Muriuki JK, Jamnadass RH, Mowo JG. 2013.Nursery management, tree propagation and marketing: A training manual for smallholder farmers and nursery operators. Nairobi: World Agroforestry Centre



  2. Allanblackia Propagation Protocol
    20-01-2008 As part of Novella Africa programme on ‘Domestication of AB Trees in Africa’, ICRAF aims to develop jointly, with national partners in participating countries, options for appropriate propagation and management practices for AB trees, to enhance the efficiency, level and stability of tree...



  3. Good Nursery Practices: A Simple Guide
    20-01-2008 Mbora A., Lillesø J-PB., Jamnadass R. 2008. Good Nursery Practices: A Simple Guide. Nairobi. The World Agroforestry Centre. 36 pp. Agroforestry plays an important role in the socio–economic development of communities, as trees planted on farms provide timber, fuelwood, fodder, fruits, medicine,...



  4. Good Tree Nursery Practices
    19-01-1999 Good tree nursery practices for research nurseries is more than a checklist of do’s and don’t’s for nursery managers and researchers. It presents concise but thorough information on all aspects of raising high-quality planting stock, with lists of contacts and nursery suppliers. In addition to...

A Natural Farming System For Sustainable Agriculture In the Tropics

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  1. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Chapter 3 Co-infect_The_Art_of_Inoculation
    20-01-2005 There are billions of microbes in a handful of soil. 90% of these microbes are neutral; they don’t affect the soil toward disease or health when left on their own. However, according to Dr. Higa, in abused or diseased-chemical based soils, 5 to 10% of the overall colony is pathogenic made up of...



  2. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Chapter 6 The_Ten_Fundamentals
    20-01-2005 We gardeners, farmers and food growers are always looking for new technology, but a large body of information is already available to us. When I scan resources from A to Z, I find many interesting titles that are widely published and now available from Amazon books, Acres USA, ATTRA and various...



  3. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Chapter 7 Crop Rotation
    20-01-2005 Proper crop rotation is Fundamental #1. It will beat the disease and pest cycle while promoting nutrient cycling. This is a forgotten age-old method to assure the health of future crops. It is of the utmost importance to minimize nutrient loss for long-range success. When the same plant is...



  4. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Introduction
    20-01-2005 When you live in the developing world, you start to see things differently. I started visiting this country on short-term visits with Christian groups in 1995. I surveyed the rural areas and worked with people who were trying to make a difference with the knowledge they had. It’s hard to ignore...



  5. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Chapter 11 Green Fertilizers
    20-01-2005 Green fertilizer is Fundamental #5. It feeds the next crop efficiently. As you plow crop residue into the soil it will eventually become humus and fertilizer for following crops. It is a form of composting, in which materials do not need to be transported to a mixing/composting site. You could...
24 zaidi A Natural Farming System For Sustainable Agriculture In the Tropics

Vitabu

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  1. Measure What Matters
    24-04-2018 4 copies Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth—and how it can help any organization thrive. In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a...



  2. Cultivating Pigeon Peas: A Comprehensive Guide for Smallholder Farmers
    27-02-2025 "Cultivating Pigeon Peas: A Comprehensive Guide for Smallholder Farmers" is an essential resource designed to empower farmers with actionable knowledge for successful pigeon pea cultivation. Designed for smallholder farmers, extension agents, and agricultural professionals, this guide offers a...





  3. Community Seed Bank Options
    01-09-2024 Community Seed Bank Options is the compilation of many individual research experiments, papers, ideas, technologies, and experiences offered over several years by individuals working to further best practices in community seed banking, seed saving, and genetic preservation. The idea for this...
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  1. Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for rainwater harvesting and stormwater management in temporary humanitarian settlements
    Kiran Tota-Maharaj, Oluwatoyin Opeyemi Ajibade, Shanika Arachchi, Colin Douglas Hills, Upaka Rathnayake, Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for rainwater harvesting and stormwater management in temporary humanitarian settlements, Nature-Based Solutions, Volume 7, 2025, 100227, ISSN 2772-4115,...



  2. Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement ( TOAM )
    The Ecological Organic Agriculture sector in Tanzania faces many challenges including organic inputs, soil health management, Integrated pests and diseases management, quality management of the products throughout the value chain, limited research as well as marketing information. TOAM wants to...
  3. Farming System Journal
    Farming System provides a platform to discuss farming system design, integrated crop and livestock production, farming management, and economic and sustainable development. The journal publishes original scientific papers, reviews, short communications, perspectives, and comments. The scope of...
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Maonyesho

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  1. Advancing Regenerative Agriculture Amongst Smallholder Farming Communities
    27-02-2025 Our approach as practitioners… We read about them, they tell us, and we listen We build empathy and understanding life from their end We value their community – its their life with the past, present and future We come and go – we ignite the fire in them, passion drive them We shadow them, and...



  2. Agricultural Loan Products Design & Processes
    27-02-2025 At TURAME we finance specific crops, and the funds are used mainly for wages, fertilizers or to bridge the gap between the sowing and the harvest. Agriculture Finance can be broadly classified into: Crop loan Term loan for land and water resources development, mechanisation of agriculture and...



  3. Integrating Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Puree in Bakery Products: A Case Study of Small-Scale Processors in Burundi
    27-02-2025 The study underscores the potential of OFSP for value addition in local communities, The use of OFSP Puree by MSMEs potentially reduce wheat imports Enhances improvement in the nutritional status while Providing employment opportunities especially for youth and women But: Need to increase...
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Kurasa za Taarifa ya Mmea

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  1. Abelmoschus caillei
    Abelmoschus caillei originated and is now grown mostly in West and Central Africawhere it has become an important vegetable crop. This species of okra is particularly popular with subsistence farmers as it can produce a food crop year round, has a higher market value as it is available in the dry...
  2. Abyssinian Gooseberry
  3. Acacia mangium
    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...
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Video

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  1. Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project
    Nov 13, 2024 Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the country of Niger in the African Sahel to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating...



  2. Ecosystem Restoration Updates - Nakivale Refugee Camp, Uganda
    From Global Earth Repair,Aug 29, 2022 We’ve been in contact with Marius Ziganira, who runs the regenerative agriculture program at the Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda, Africa. We’re very pleased to support them in their work, in addition we have made this video full of ecological restoration...



  3. From Rural Poverty Alleviation to Ecosystem Restoration: The Role of Small-Scale Farmers in Sustainable Development
    This presentation will explore how rural development work offers a transformative opportunity to restore natural habitats through integrated agroecological and human development interventions that address both poverty alleviation and long-term ecological sustainability. By fostering conditions...
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