Growing Beyond Free Seeds: The Importance of Community Seed Banks From Trial Packets to Local Food Security
What happens when development workers, farmers, and communities collaborate to
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What happens when development workers, farmers, and communities collaborate to

When agricultural lands are depleted or overgrazed, incomes dwindle and
Together, we are growing hope from the ground up.
When Virak first attended the ECHO Asia Conference in 2017, he arrived with no agricultural background, only a deep desire to serve his people on
Access to locally appropriate seeds can mean the difference between hunger and harvest for families around the world. Through ECHO’s global network, seed systems are
What happens when development workers, farmers, and communities collaborate to save and share their most successful seeds? Food security takes root, independence grows, and resilience
On July 7–9, ECHO Asia’s Impact Center in Chiang Mai became a vibrant hub for collaboration and learning as leaders from 16 organizations, from grassroots
West Africa carries some of the world’s heaviest burdens of rural poverty and food insecurity. In that challenge, ECHO’s West Africa Impact Center in Ouagadougou,
In May 2025, farmer-trainers, beekeepers, and development leaders gathered in Guatemala to explore stingless native bees and agroecology. Listening in the circle was Katalina Landaeta,


Ten years after his ECHO internship, Noah is serving in Senegal equipping West African farmers to transform their lives and communities. Watch this 3 ½ minute video and see how what he learned as an ECHO intern is still a “toolbox of ideas” he draws from every day.

When agricultural lands are depleted or overgrazed, incomes dwindle and families suffer. ECHO’s East Africa impact center holds regular trainings in both the theory and

Meet Pastor and his family. Pastor is a little boy who lives in an orphanage in Tanzania, but he’s not an orphan. His parents are

The Power of Information: Rod Sebastian tells the story of how he shared a USB flash drive of ECHO resources with a development worker that

Nam Seng shares his story of coming to Thailand after escaping violence in his home country. Farming was different. ECHO’s assistance in helping him adapt