Search in the database
In Vietnam rice is grown on 85% of cultivated land. Annual paddy (unmilled) rice production grew from 19.2 million metric tons in 1990 to 42.4 million metric tons by 2011, and in 2012, Vietnam exported eight million metric tons of rice. These yield increases were achieved through improved seeds, but...
Viet Nam
Case study
2016
China is a large country with diverse agro-ecosystems and numerous different agricultural production systems. These agricultural systems are managed by more than 200 million households who provide agricultural products to meet the needs of almost a fifth of mankind.
Agriculture plays numerous key functions, including not only the provision of...
China
Case study
2016
This case study is part of the work conducted by the Agroecological Learning Alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA), in order to showcase outstanding agroecological initiatives at grass root level across the Mekong region (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam). ALiSEA is an innovative regional initiative supported by Gret, aiming at...
Cambodia
Case study
2016
The Green Gate Organic Farm is the farm operation part of the National Environment Centre (NEC), a vocational education facility part of TAFE NSW Riverina Institute in New South Wales, Australia. The farm was set up in the mid 1990’s. In the process of planning a number of uncertainties were...
Australia
Case study
2016
"OBJETIVOS DEL LIBROAsegurar una buena nutrición para todos es tarea de todos. Con este libro buscamosestimular la curiosidad acerca de la biodiversidad hortícola y de su valor cultural,nutricional y económico y así fomentar la experimentación, para tener una alimentación más variada y balanceada, rica en nutrientes que ayudan a prevenir...
Peru
Book
2014
"CCRP has funded agricultural research and development projects in West Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger) since 2006. As one of the poorest regions in the world, challenges certainly abound, but a wealth of opportunities also exist. Among these are highly diverse and robust major crops such as pearl millet,...
Book
2016
Total results:2679