ECHO Presentation given by ECHO President/CEO Stan Doerr

Networking Global Hunger Solutions
ECHO Asia Conf 2009

923 Million people across the world are hungry
Over 16,000 children die each day from hunger related causes-one child every 5 seconds
(from Bread for the World Hunger Facts)

ECHO’s Purpose
ECHO exists to help those working internationally with the poor to be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture.

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Innovative OptionsEducation & TrainingNetworking

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ECHO helps those working overseas in the areas of Agriculture and Community Development to find solutions to the difficulties they face in their communities.
We want to improve the capabilities of these workers to address local agricultural problems and to offer additional options for improving the quality of life for the people they serve.

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ECHO provides this assistance in the following ways:
Technical Support
Publications
Internet
Seedbank
Nursery
Consulting

Innovative OptionsTechnical Support
ECHO’s technical team answers questions and provides advice for our network.

Innovative OptionsTechnical Support
A Global Ag Extension service for the developing world.
What do I do if……

Innovative OptionsPublications
ECHO Development Notes:
A journal style newsletter highlighting ideas, techniques, and plants that have potential.
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ECHO Technical Notes:
Documents containing information on a particular topic.

Innovative OptionsPublications

Innovative OptionsInternet
ECHO’s website provides a link to our publications and connects us to our network.
Over 1 million documents downloaded since 2005
Visit us at:
www.echonet.org

Innovative OptionsSeedbank
ECHO sends out trial packets of seed to members of our network. ECHO’s seedbank contains over 370 varieties of hard-to-find vegetables, multi-purpose trees, fruits and other tropical crops.

Innovative OptionsNursery
The ECHO Nursery provides a valuable training component for interns, students, and visitors. It also provides the capability to ship bud-wood & tree seedlings.

Innovative OptionsConsulting
ECHO offers off-site as well as on-site consulting.
Moringa questions in Cambodia
Pineapple questions at ECHO

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Education and Training
Another way in which ECHO strives to make development workers more effective is to provide training and educational opportunities at the ECHO campus.
“To improve the capability of individuals to make a significant impact on agricultural development internationally.”

Education and Training
ECHO provides education & training in the following ways:
Internship Program
Formal Education
Non-formal Education
Workshops
Library
Demonstration Farm
Appropriate Technologies

Education and TrainingInternship Program
This is a one year work experience program designed to provide training for potential development workers.

Education and TrainingInternship Program
(2000-2008)

Education and TrainingFormal Education
ECHO partners with colleges to offer courses for credit to university students.

Education and TrainingNon-Formal Education
We also offer the option of a guided self-study program designed to let international workers focus on specific topics.

Education and TrainingWorkshops
ECHO offers various workshops throughout the year at the ECHO campus.

Education and TrainingLibrary
ECHO maintains a Reference Library with books, journals, magazines, videos, files, and articles on agriculture and community development.

Education and TrainingDemonstration Farm
ECHO’s 50 acre farm is a hands-on living classroom witha 10 acre Global Village representing 6 Agro Zones

Lowlands
Mountain

Monsoon
Semi-Arid

RainForest
Urban Gardens

Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies

Demonstrations
ECHO maintains a variety of demonstrations representing technologies that are being used successfully in the field and that address critical issues.
Our focus is on technologies related to:
Water Treatment & Filtration
Water Movement & Storage
Indoor Air Pollution & Improved Cookstoves
Renewable Energy
Post-Harvest

Demonstrations: Water Treatment & Filtration

Demonstrations: Water Movement & Storage

Demonstrations: Indoor Air Pollution & Improved Cookstoves

Demonstrations: Renewable Energy

Demonstrations: Post Harvest
Post-harvest losses of food grains in the developing world from mishandling, spoilage and pest infestation are around 25%.
One-quarter of grains produced never reach the consumer, and the effort and money required to produce it are lost-forever.

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Networking
The third key element of ECHO’s ministry is to provide opportunities for international development workers to learn from each other.

Annual ECHO Agricultural Conference (EAC)
Regional Networking Forums
Strategic Partnerships

Networking OpportunitiesECHO Agriculture Conference

Networking OpportunitiesRegional Networking Forums

Networking OpportunitiesFormal Strategic Partnerships
ECHO works to develop formal partnerships with organizations that have similar interests in order to build on mutual strengths and enhance the effectiveness of each organization.

ECHO exists for one major reason, to help those working internationally with the poor to be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture.
Let us know how we can help you.
ECHO: Networking Global Hunger Solutions