Industrial crops

Amaranth to Zai Holes, Ideas for Growing Food under Difficult Conditions (ECHO, 1996, 397 p.)

28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture

		A few alternate seed sources that we commonly use
		Amaranth - grain and vegetable
		Arid region farming primer
		Citrus propagation and rootstocks
		Cucurbit seeds
		Dry farming
		Muscovy ducks for png villages
		Fruit crops
		Fruit vegetables
		Grain crops
		Ground covers and green manures
		Green manure crops
		Industrial crops
		The lablab bean as green manure
		Leafy vegetables
		Leguminous vegetables
		The moringa tree
		Recipes to learn to eat moringa
		Miscellaneous vegetables
		The poor man's plow
		Pulses (grain legumes)
		Rabbit raising in the tropics
		Letter from fremont regier, mennonite central committee, Botswana (and earlier in Zaire)
		Roots and tubers
		Sunnhemp as a green manure
		The sweet potato
		Tropical pasture and feed crops
		The velvet bean as green manure

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Industrial crops

These crops are unrelated in terms of botanical relationship, growth habit and uses, although all are well adapted to some season of the tropics. These crops are not important in most small farm situations. ECHO does occasionally carry a few.

See A Comparison of Industrial Crops

· Jojoba. Simmondsia chinensis. Oil can be extracted from the seeds; drought tolerant. (EDN 3-4,5).

· Sunflower. Helianthus annus. Rustov variety. Edible seeds high in oil.

· Vernonia. Vernonia glamensis. Contains a naturally epoxidized oil useful in paints. (EDN 27-1).

· Kenaf. Hibiscus cannabinus. Fiber/paper pulp crop, frost intolerant; photoperiod sensitive; well drained soils, no flooding; ample rain during growing periods. 'SF459' resistant to southern rootknot nematode and soil-borne fungi.