Amaranth is a drought-tolerant plant which provides both high-protein grain and delicious edible leaves. Zai holes use termites to improve soil fertility and increase water filtration in farmers' fields in West Africa. These are just two of the plants and techniques people are using to produce food under difficult growing conditions in the troics. 
This book is an expanded, updated compilation of fifteen years of the technical bulletin ECHO Development Notes (EDN). Over 4,000 people in 140 countries share their ideas and experiences through EDN as they assist small farmers and urban gardeners in feeding their families and making a living. This collection of ideas from around the world holds promise for places which face special challenges in growing food. The topics include vegetables, fruits, dryland and hillside farming systems, multipurpose trees, pest control, animals, seeds and urban gardening. 
ECHO networks ideas, information and seeds to help development workers and missionaries in their service with people who are hungry. We share information about plants and methods with potential to improve nutrition and income in the tropics so that field workers have more ideas to test in their communities.

Amarantl to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Meitzner, Laura S.

Price, Martin L.

Gardening & Landscape Design

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The family of the palms, Arecaceae, is very large and is well distributed in the tropics. Among the palms there are three--the coconut, the date, and the African oil palm that serve humankind throughout the world with their local uses and their shipped products. Among the up to three thousand species, there are many hundreds with useful products, as this volume will document. And among palms in general, there are perhaps thousands of uses and potential uses, some documented in this book, among the well-known and unknown palms of the world. Thousands? The coconut palm itself is said to have at least a thousand uses. Around the world, members of the palm family are "staffs of life" providing food, fuel, thatch, timber, and many other items.  Palms for Development introduces the reader to the fascinating world of palms with an emphasis on their use and potential for incorporation into development projects.  It includes instruction on cultivating palms and an extensive listing of multi-purpose palms and their possible uses.  All information is contained in screen optimized and print optimized formats. Almost fourty full color images and a searchable index are included. The CD is PC and Macintosh compatible and includes Adobe Reader. Published by ECHO, Inc.

Palms for Development

MARTIN, Frank

Brunner, Bryan

Fruits of Warm Climates

Morton, Julia

Food from Dryland Gardens encourages gardens that are based on local and scientific knowledge, conserve resources, and improve nutritional,economic, and social well-being. Both a beginner’s guide and reference for the experienced, it is being used around the world by extension agents, students, and project workers. It explains specific techniques, and the principles they are based on, as a guide to evaluation, experimentation and adaptation with local people.

Food From Dryland Gardens

Cleveland, David A.

Soleri, Daniela

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