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Career Opportunity: ECHO Asia Seed Bank Supervisor

03-04-2020 The primary purpose of this role is to lead and coordinate effective operations of the ECHO Asia Seed Bank according to the goals and objectives of the Asia Regional Impact Center. Housed at the ECHO Asia Farm, the Seed Bank primarily serves the needs of network members, as well as other...

Creation Care

04-10-2019 Feeling overwhelmed and helpless in the face of environmental destruction, rampant deforestation and biodiversity loss, pervasive pollution of our air, water and land, plus Climate Change? Regardless, Christ is the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer of the whole of creation and he has given us all...

Creation Care Asia

Field guide: Insect Pests of Selected Vegetables in Tropical and Subtropical Asia

This is a pictorial field guide containing information on the major insect pests causing damage to onion, garlic, shallot, chives, tomato, chili pepper, mungbean, soybean, sweet potato, and various crucifer crops in the Asian tropical and subtropical regions. It is specifically designed for...

Vegetalbes-Disease... Asia Insect pests

Challenges facing the smallholder farmer in Asia: lessons learned from the ECHO network

02-10-2019 As one of ECHO Asia's Agricultural Trainers, Patrick has had the opportunity to visit and learn from over 150 partner farms across Southeast Asia. This session will highlight some of the broader successes and challenges faced by partners within ECHO's network, and those of the farming communities...

Small Scale Asia

Profitable Biochar and Styrofoam Cement

01-10-2019 Dr. Shafer will talk about his successes organizing profitable small farmer biochar social enterprises and also his newest project to create very low-cost field-to-market cold store systems that allow farmers to grow delicate, high value crops and get them to market in good shape. He uses a...

Biochar Styrofoam Cement Asia

Agroforestry: "Next generation green revolution" for climate-resilience farming by smallholder farmers

01-10-2019 Agroforestry systems are encouraged in farming systems in the developed and the developing countries, due to the multifunctional role of agroforestry in enhancing agronomic productivity, co-production of diversity of food products for balanced nutrition and provision of environmental ecosystem...

Agroforestry Asia

The Value of a Seed: Growing a Network of Community Level Seed Banks in Asia

This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 36. As an organization that seeks to equip people with agricultural resources and skills, we often find ourselves coming back to the seed. Again and again we witness the value saving open-pollinated seeds, shedding light on locally adapted and underutilized...

Seed Bank Asia

Teaching Seed Saving to Diverse Audiences

04-10-2019 How do you teach and equip an audience ofrural farmers, development workers, or seasoned professors, or all threeaudiences at the same time about saving seeds? Come learn and share tips and tools in training diverse audiencesabout the basics of seed saving and seed banking.

Seed Saving Asia