ECHO Asia

ECHO Asia

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Poverty & HungerCommunity development
NGOInternational reach
Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

ECHO Asia is a non-governmental organisation based in Chiang Mai, Thailand working on poverty & hunger, community development.

ECHO Asia is a non-profit organisation, part of the international ECHO network, that works to reduce hunger and improve lives through agricultural training and resources. Its Asia impact centre, based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, supports smallholder farmers and gardeners across Asia through capacity building, seed saving and seed banking practices, and a seed bank of neglected and underutilized crops. Its online resources are provided through ECHOcommunity.org, a membership community for development workers.

Location

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Organisation type

NGO

Focus areas

agricultureseed banksmallholder farmersfood securityseed savingunderutilized crops

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Poverty & HungerCommunity development

Works for

Communities

How they work

Direct servicesCapacity buildingAwareness & education

Programmes

ECHO Asia Seed Bank

Poverty & Hunger · Thailand

Provides small sample packets of open-pollinated, underutilized crop seeds to development workers and organisations working directly with smallholder farmers in Asia, to support household seed saving and crop diversity.

Tropical Agriculture & Development Course

Community development

A six-day course for development workers, missionaries and local leaders on low-cost agricultural techniques suitable for smallholder farmers.

Countries of operation

Thailand

Funding & support

Ways to support

Membership

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