![]() ![]() If you qualify for a free subscription to EDN, prices are as follows: in the Americas, US$25 includes airmail in Europe, Africa, and Asia, $25 includes surface mail and $35 includes air mail. The book costs US$29.95 plus postage in North America, but there is a special discount for members of ECHO's overseas network. We hope that most members of our network order a copy of Amaranth to Zai Holes. Even if you have a backset of EDN, you will appreciate the current information and easy-to-use format. We updated articles and contacts, included our most-requested Technical Notes, and direct you to many of the resources we use at ECHO to answer your technical questions. We have worked hard to make it inviting for you to use: almost every page has an illustration, and a new index makes it easier to find the information you need. ![]() The book gives you a head start on finding your own answers to a wide variety of questions. It is a handbook for choosing and testing new ideas, as well as a basic reference book to guide you to tropical plants suited to your climate, contacts specializing in each field, and sources for seed and equipment. The chapters offer a combination of details on ideas you can try right now, some research questions, and key books and organizations. The articles are arranged by topic: Basics of agricultural development, Tropical vegetables and fruits, Staple Crops, Multipurpose trees, Farming Systems, Soil health, Water resources, Pest control, Animals, Food science, Human health, Seeds, Technologies, From farm to market, Training and missionary resources, Oil crops, and Above-ground gardening. We hope this is a resource you cannot do without! Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions (404 pp.) is an updated and expanded compilation of the first fifty-one issues of EDN, from 1981 to January 1996. We link a worldwide network of people so you can learn about and try ideas which have succeeded in other regions. ![]() MeitznerĮCHO Development Notes informs you about plants, resources, technologies, and contacts to improve food production in the tropics. ![]()
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