Nutrition For The World

ECHO
Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization



ECHO is a non-profit organization whose vision is
 "to bring glory to God and a blessing to mankind by using science and technology to help the poor."

ECHO provides a wealth of information on small farm tropical agriculture.  Their goal is to provide easy access to ECHO documents and other information for those who are working in agricultural development.  Discover ideas for growing food under difficult conditions, to learn about underutilized plants and find out how you can order free trial packets of seed to evaluate these plants in the communities where you work world-wide.

ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) is a non-profit, inter-denominational Christian organization located on a demonstration farm in North Fort Myers, FL.  ECHO exists for one major reason, to help those working internationally with the poor be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture!  They do this in three ways:

Education and Training

* Internship Program
* Non-formal Education
* Formal Education
* Workshops

Innovative Options

* ECHO Development Notes (EDN)
* ECHO's Technical Response Unit (TRU)
* Seeds of Underutilized Crops

Networking

* Annual ECHO Agricultural Conference (EAC)
* Correspondence
* Strategic Partnerships

Since 1994, ECHO has hosted the annual ECHO Agricultural Conference.  Delegates involved in agricultural and development work around the world attend three days of workshops, seminars, and networking opportunities.  Time is also made available for attendees to learn from each other, initiate relationships and receive encouragement.  The conference is held in Fort Myers, Florida in the U.S.A.
 

The ECHO Network

Thousands of development workers around the world have registered with ECHO to receive ECHO Development Notes and other resources.  Each contact indicates whether or not it would be appropriate for other ECHO network members to contact them.  We regularly introduce people to each other who are working near each other on similar problems.  Anyone working with an organization in the fight against world hunger is invited to join the ECHO network.

Strategic Partnerships

In recent years ECHO has built, and continues to build, strategic partnerships with organizations sharing a similar vision in their projects and programs.  These partnerships allow ECHO to expand their reach and impact, while developing valuable partners with whom to share ideas, information, and struggles.  With partners ECHO can serve the poor more effectively than it can alone.

Innovative Options

Their goal is to improve the abilities of international community development workers assisting poor farmers by providing useful, important information and by networking their skills and knowledge with each other.  They also provide hard-to-find beneficial food plants and seeds.

ECHO understands that there is a wealth of agricultural knowledge among the poor farmers we seek to assist.   As such, ECHO does not "teach" people how to farm.  Rather they work to make farmers more effective at growing food producing crops under harsh conditions.
 

WELCOME TO THE ECHO BLOG - Here you can catch the latest farm updates, check up on
ECHO volunteers, staff, and interns, and see what's happening as they work to fight world hunger!

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