ECHO Asia Note Articles






  1. This article is from ECHO Asia Note #12 Introduction When you come across an especially promising local variety of a crop grown in your area, how can you enable other farmers to try out this variety? If a farmer gives you 30 seeds of an exceptional variety, how might you go about distributing...





  2. This article is from ECHO Asia Note #17 Contamination of drinking water sources by harmful synthetic organic compounds (SOCs), such as pesticides, is a major worldwide problem. Pesticide pollution appears twice in the top ten of The World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems Report 2011 by the...





  3. 咖啡加工方法能彻底地改变最终产品的质量和口味,或更好或更差。选择一种能对质量、口味和成本都有积极影响的方法,咖啡的发展潜力就能被释放,同时高质量的咖啡还能提高农民的收入。使用一种将咖啡豆从咖啡果里分离出来的优化方式是最有效的提高质量的方法。世界上每一个地方都有它自己独一无二的特征和环境特点(称为“风土条件”),这样就为小众、高品质的农作物和产品,诸如咖啡、葡萄酒、巧克力、奶酪等增添价值。发展中的特色咖啡市场正在寻找独特的、单一产地的咖啡以增加咖啡消费者的体验。没有“完美”的咖啡加工方式,只要高水平的质量标准都是成功的。然而,为了在你的特定环境中做出优质和提高收入的选择,...





  4. This article is from ECHO Asia Note #2 With regard to SRI, the previously mentioned "SRI Homepage/System of Rice Intensification", a joint collaboration of Association Tefy Saina and CIIFAD, offers a wealth of SRI-related material, particularly on its "SRI Practical and AV Material" page . The...





  5. In nature, dozens of species of harmful fungi can quickly kill a plant, including Fusarium spp., the causal agents of Fusarium wilt, and Phakospora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of soybean rust. Fungi are unable to produce nutrients on their own, so they must find another source; sometimes that...
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General Technical Documents






  1. In every region of the world it is necessary to find or develop appropriate techniques for agriculture. A large part of the surface of the world is arid, characterized as too dry for conventional rain fed agriculture. Yet, millions of people live in such regions, and if current trends in...





  2. With support from USAID’s Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program (Hort CRSP), Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization’s Asia Impact Center (ECHO Asia), Maejo University, Thailand, and the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) initiated efforts in 2010 to begin strengthening...





  3. 2023-03-31 by Sovanneary Huot, Dr. David Ader, Dr. Srean Pao, Dr. Ricky Bates, and Hans Goertz This recipe and nutrition guide is written in Khmer and focuses on wild food plants, sometimes called neglected and underutilized species, of the country of Cambodia. Smallholders forage and/or cultivate plants...





  4. 2019-10-05 预备的农场自制的饲料能做出来了! 集成农牧系统带来了很多好处。通过仔细的计划和从小规模开始, 大多数农民将能够将牛、山羊、鸡或猪整合在一起,并提高他们农场的稳定性。作物残渣可以降低饲料成本,粪肥可以降低肥料成本。粪便也可以用来产生沼气用于做饭或取暖,也降低了农场的成本。放牧牲畜可以帮助管理杂草和促进土壤健康。 有了有效的管理,你甚至可以把大量废物从收割和运输饲料中变 成有用的副产品即生物炭。关键是每次采用一种合适的技术,并寻找将劳动最小化的方法。很快,你将能够安全地扩展你的改造和应用你学到的。然后你就可以和你所在地区的其他农民分享了! 这本手册提供了很多实用信息,开展饲料配方,...

ECHO Technical Notes






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

Food Plant Solutions - Publications

  1. 2016-12-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to food plants for healthy dietsgrown in Cambodia. 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...





  2. 2016-12-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Cambodia. 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...