923 million people worldwide are hungry and over 16,000 children die daily from hunger-related causes. ECHO exists to help international development workers, especially in agriculture, be more effective by providing innovative options, education and training, and networking opportunities. This includes technical support, publications, seed and plant materials, workshops, and an annual conference to connect the global development community in addressing hunger.

1. Networking Global Hunger Solutions ECHO Asia Conf 2009

2. 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)

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

4. Innovative OptionsEducation & TrainingNetworking

5. Innovative OptionsEducation & TrainingNetworking

6. Innovative Options 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.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Innovative OptionsPublications

13. 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

14. 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.

15. 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.

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

17. Innovative OptionsEducation & TrainingNetworking

18. 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.”

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

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

21. Education and TrainingInternship Program (2000-2008)

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

23. 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.

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

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

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

27. Education and TrainingDemonstration Farm Lowlands Mountain

28. Education and TrainingDemonstration Farm Monsoon Semi-Arid

29. Education and TrainingDemonstration Farm RainForest Urban Gardens

30. Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies

31. 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

32. Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies Demonstrations: Water Treatment & Filtration

33. Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies Demonstrations: Water Movement & Storage

34. Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies Demonstrations: Indoor Air Pollution & Improved Cookstoves

35. Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies Demonstrations: Renewable Energy

36. Education and TrainingAppropriate Technologies 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.

37. Innovative OptionsEducation & TrainingNetworking

39. Regional Networking Forums

41. Networking OpportunitiesRegional Networking Forums

42. 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.

43. 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