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Survey Opportunity: Agroecology Living Labs 2025-07-08

ECHO Commuity member Marie Miller-Aichhol is conducting research about the role of agroecology living labs in sustainable food systems. Please share your thoughts on this method for promoting sustainable, equitable, and productive agroecosystems. The survey is 18 questions and only available in English. 

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Her research objective is to study the extent to which agroecology living labs contribute to environmental justice and food sovereignty. In other words, how much they live up to the claim of transformation and systems change, given the increasing use of the term in recent years, not least in policymaking and science.

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ECHO North America: July 2025 Bundle & Save TAD I & TAD II
Mon, 7 July 2025 » Fri, 18 July 2025

ECHO North America, United States

July 2025, ECHO North America will be hosting back-to-back trainings for TAD I and TAD II! Introduction to Tropical Agriculture Development (TAD I) will be July 7-11! For more details that relate specifically to this training please use this link for more information. TAD II: Syntropic Agroforestry will be July 15-18! For more details that relate specifically to this training please use this link for more information.   You can Register for BOTH events for a reduced cost per train...

ECHO North America: Introduction to Tropical Agriculture Development - July 2025
Mon, 7 July 2025 » Fri, 11 July 2025

ECHO North America, United States

Those interested in preparing for short to long-term involvement in international agriculture development are encouraged to participate in this five-day course.  Topics and discussions will focus on improved food security and agricultural livelihoods for small-scale farmers in developing countries.  Participants will be introduced to the complexities related to poverty and community development.  They will also be introduced to principles and practices that contribute toward maintaining h...

ECHO North America: TAD II - Syntropic Agroforestry July 2025
Tue, 15 July 2025 » Fri, 18 July 2025

ECHO North America, United States

Introduction to Syntropic Agriculture This is an interactive 4-day agroforestry training session.  Learn how to cultivate abundant food and timber in a system that mimics a natural forest.  Syntropic farming is a method inspired by Ernst Götsch. This course will cover the principles and practices needed for a beginner to plant his/her own agroforest.  Basic design and management skills will also be taught.  An attendee can expect to return home with enough knowledge to produce a couple ...

Innovation Exchange Conference, hosted in collaboration with ECHO East Africa and Watersheds Foundation
Wed, 16 July 2025 » Fri, 18 July 2025

Uhuru Hostel & Conference Centre in Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Kind Greetings from ECHO East Africa. We are delighted to ask you to participate and present at our upcoming Innovation Exchange Conference organised by ECHO East Africa in collaboration with the Watersheds Foundation. The conference will focus on Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies. This event will take place between 16th to 18th July 2025 at the Uhuru Hostel & Conference Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. Innovative ideas by groups funded ...

ECHO Asia: การอบรมหลักสูตร การพัฒนาและการทำเกษตรในเขตพื้นที่ร้อนชื้น Agriculture & Development Course - Thai Language
Mon, 4 August 2025 » Sat, 9 August 2025

ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center, Chiang Mai ศูนย์การเรียนรู้และธนาคารเมล็ดพันธุ์ เอคโค่ เอเชีย อำเภอสันทราย จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ , Thailand ประเทศไทย

  หลักสูตรการอบรมนี้ถูกออกแบบขึ้นเพื่อเป็นประโยชน์ต่อ ผู้ที่ทำงานด้านการพัฒนา มิชชั่นนารี และอาสาสมัคร ที่กำลังมองหาแนวทางในการประยุกต์ใช้ทักษะและเทคนิคด้านการทำการเกษตรที่มีประโยชน์และมีต้นทุนต่ำในการทำงานกับชุมชน ผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมจะได้เรียนรู้และฝึกปฏิบัติเทคนิคการทำการเกษตรที่หลากหลายตลอดการอบรม เรียนรู้ที่จะใช้ประโยชน์จากที่มีตัวเองมีอยู่ให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด หลักสูตรนี้เปรียบเสมือนกับ หลักสูตรการเริ่มต้นสำรวจ ซึ่งผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมจะได้เรียนรู้ภาพรวมของหัวข้อและเทคนิคในการทำการเกษตรต่าง...

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Building a more sustainable food system in Colombia: a role for nutrition professionals (2025)

McCullum-Gomez, Christine, Yuri Milena Castillo Quiroga, and Monica Diaz-Beltran. “Building a More Sustainable Food System in Colombia: a Role for Nutrition Professionals.” Academia Nutrition and Dietetics 2 (2025). doi:http...

PlantaeDB: The Comprehensive Database for the Kingdom Plantae

Born from the need to find active compounds and scientifically-proven uses of plants, PlantaeDB centralizes multiple databases into a collaborative, manually moderated system.

NPF Uses Indigenous Micro-Organisms to Create a Healthy Environment

Natural Deep Bed Pig Farming uses indigenous micro-organisms (IMO's) to create and maintain a healthy deep bed litter flooring. It is these micro-organisms that will help break down fecal matter rapidly leaving you with a fe...

In House Handling of Pig Waste in Bacteria-Assisted Deep Litter Under Tropical Conditions [1989]

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Two experiments were conducted in tropical Malaysia to study the effects of keeping pigs on deep litter without washing on growth, behavior, pen hygiene and pig health. In Experiment I, forty-e...

Effects of Different Litter Depths on Environmental Parameters & Growth Performance of Growing Finishing Pigs

ABSTRACT Deep litter systems represent low cost alternatives to raise growing-finishing pigs, reducing slurry accumulation, although pig’s thermal comfort may be negatively affected by the heat produced inside the litter. Th...

Effect of Deep Litter Housing & Fermented Feed on Carcass Characteristics & Meat Quality of Crossbred Hampshire Pigs

Abstract :  Veterinary World, 2015 Aim:

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of deep litter housing and fermented feed on carcass characteristics and meat quality of crossbred Hampshire pigs....

Precooking Processing of Bamboo Shoots for Removal of Anti-Nutrients

Abstract, Journal of Food Science Technology, 2011 July

Bamboo shoots being low in fat, high in dietary fiber and rich in mineral content, like an ideal vegetable have been used traditionally. Besides nut...

Antinutrients in Plant-Based Foods: Are they Good or Bad for our Health?

Did you know that soaking beans in water before cooking is good for your health? Besides being a common practice in some cultures, not everyone knows the science behind this habit.

Before answering this question, l...

Rapid Multiplication of Plantain and Banana Using Macro Propagation Techniques

Rapid Multiplication of Plantain and Banana Using Macro Propagation Techniques
Plantains and several banana varieties are mainly propagated through vegetative means. The slow rate of sucker multiplication is one of the major constraints to plantain production The usual process of sucker removal and t...

Access Agriculture Training Videos Concerning Roots, Tubers, and Bananas

Bananas & Plantains Cassava Other roots & tubers Potatoes Sweet potatoes

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