ECHO Asia's Agriculture Conferences

Coming up! ECHO Asia Agricultural Conference! Join us for ECHO's 3rd bi-annual conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand! 

 October 3-7, 2011

The Empress Hotel

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Register and Pay Before August 15 for Lowest Rate!

Registration Deadline September 1

(Registration Password = echo@2011)

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Tony Rinaudo, Natural Resource Management Specialist with World Vision
Dr. Tom Post, CRWRC Team Leader for Asia

Dr. Arnat Tancho, head of the Soil Resources and Environment Department at Maejo University (Chiang Mai)

Randy Bevis, founder and director of the Chiang Mai Aquatic Development Farm and regional aquaculture advisor

Jeff Palmer, Executive Director of Baptist Global Response

Heather Morris, Technical Advisor for World Concern Myanmar

Di Matthews, physician working in Papau, Indonesia

Dr. Karl Frogner,  President and Project Development Head; UB International (UBI), biochar researcher and advocate

Dr. Samran Sombatpanit, Past President and Membership Coordinator of the World Association of Soil and Water Conversation (WASWC)

Workshops

ECHO conferences place a special emphasis on the participation of network members to share ideas, innovations and experiences during afternoon and evening workshops. Feel free to contact us (echoasia@echonet.org) to propose a workshop presentation.

Post Conference Tours including site visits related to:

• SRI and natural rice production

• Small-scale alternative energy for communities, institutions, farms and households

• Agroforestry

• Green manure cover crops

• Aquaculture

• Vermiculture

• Production of moringa and products such as powdered leaf meal and capsules

• Asian natural farming (microbial approaches to small scale agriculture)