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Gardening in a Temporary Place

November 25, 2024

Not far from the ‘tent city’ where she is staying, Salamata Cisse stands behind her certificate with a huge smile. Without many reasons to hope,

Potential New Appropriate Tech

November 21, 2024

Exploring the possibilities and challenges of innovations in appropriate technology among small-scale agriculturalists in West Africa. At the Burkina Faso National Forum in February, delegates

The ‘Dirt’ on Bioliquid Fertilizer

November 11, 2024

Dr. Tim Motis and his team at ECHO Florida have been testing bioliquid fertilizer recipes that were first identified in West Africa to better understand

Innovative Green Charcoal Briquettes

November 6, 2024

At ECHO’s Appropriate Technology Symposium, Clement Mzinga and Rehema Onesmo of Women Development for Science and Technology Association (WODSTA) demonstrated the Portable Cement Stove, Wonder

Moving Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency

October 29, 2024

Biogas model paves the way to energy self-sufficiency. Tubular digester trainings plant the seed for rural East African areas to be more financially successful and

Planting seeds

October 24, 2024

In 2022, Susan Smith’s garden saw its greatest yield to date, producing beets bigger than softballs, local mustard greens, tomatoes, eggplants, Swiss chard, and string

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Seed Banking: Your Top Questions Answered

November 21, 2025

Sharing Natural Fertilizers in Cameroon

August 25, 2024

Biogas Training Impact Story in Monduli, Tanzania

May 15, 2024

Internships

What happens next?

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.