It was a sunny Saturday morning, full of life and energy as we arrived in one of the beautiful and serene farming communities in the hinterlands. Whilst one could easily be put off by the roughness of the roads to the community, the freshness of the air in such forest...

It was a good day. Sun and cloud were playing hide and seek creating a komorebi (sunbeam)effect in the forest near Syaubaari, Jhumlawang, where my dad and I were looking for edible wild mushrooms. It had rained the night before, so the ground was damp and squishy, giving leeches a...

Seminar Recording | 06 July 2022 | 14:00 CEST Fertilizers are used in agricultural production to improve plant nutrition and enhance plant health and productivity, but since the beginning of 2022 fertilizers prices recorded an additional 30 percent increase because of several factors, including surging input costs, energy price increases, supply disruptions caused by...

29 June 2022 | 10AM- 4PM Bangkok Time (GMT +8) | Register here The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF), a joint initiative of FAO and IFAD, was launched on 29 May 2019 at FAO headquarters in Rome as a framework for countries to develop public policies and investments to support family farming from...

Agroecology Newsletter of June 2022

Pollinators are essential for fruit, vegetable, oilseed, and forage production, as well as for the production of seed for many root and fibre crops. In addition to being essential to food security and quality, pollinators contribute to the production of medicines, biofuels (e.g. canola and palm oil), fibres (e.g. cotton...