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Opinion: Restoring mountain ecosystems in the Himalayas is a global imperative
The Hindu Kush Himalaya faces a critical need for the restoration of its diverse ecosystems, underpinned by the indispensable stewardship of Indigenous communities and local efforts
Mountain ecosystems, including rangelands, wetlands, peatlands and both alpine and temperate forests, are unique habitats characterised by complex geography and rich biodiversity. These ecosystems are integral to the cultures and traditions of diverse Indigenous communities, providing essential goods and services such as food, water, climate regulation and cultural aesthetics. Despite their high economic...
2024 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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Enriching soils with a mixed green manure
Different crops and tree leaves provide different levels of micro and macro-nutrients when incorporated into the soil. This adds organic matter, boosts beneficial soil micro-organisms and enhances soil fertility.
India
2024 - Access Agriculture
مقالة
Impact of participatory guarantee systems on sustainability outcomes: the case of vegetable farming in Vietnam
Sustainable food systems require mechanisms that assure consumers about the sustainability of agricultural production. Building on the existing literature on the impact of sustainability standards, this study is the first to assess the effectiveness of participatory guarantee systems (PGS) for the certification of organic produce. The study uses representative farm-level...
Viet Nam
2024
مقال صحفي
Anthropogenic and atmospheric variability intensifies flash drought episodes in South Asia
Flash droughts are abrupt and rapid intensification of droughts that affect agriculture, water, and ecosystems and are commonplace in South Asia. Despite their potential impact, flash drought evolution characteristics and underlying mechanisms in South Asia remain underexplored. We use a multivariate approach to analyze the onset speed, frequency, severity, duration,...
Afghanistan - India - Pakistan
2024 - Hohai University, China
مقالة إخبارية
Japan: A Living Proof of the ‘Life Above Water’
The Japanese tenure rights system is primarily responsible for the sustainability of small-scale fisheries.
The TBTI Global Book Series, Life Above Water (Jentoft 2019), has resonated with the public and received a great response in Japan. In a remarkable display of collaboration, dozens of researchers, government officials, and fishers have worked...
Japan
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقال صحفي
Local Perspectives on Agrosilvofishery in Peatlands
A Case Study of Perigi Village, South Sumatra, Indonesia
As the need for sustainable use peatlands increases, the aim of this study is to identify ways to increase the application of agrosilvofishery as an alternative to the traditional sonor system. Herein, the researchers investigate the perception of peatland degradation and the willingness to participate in agrosilvofishery among peatland residents....
Indonesia
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
مقالة إخبارية
Vietnam: From Fair to Good
Millions have found livelihood due to co-management practices that protect aquatic resources, contributing to the sustainable development of small-scale fisheries in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s 3,260-km coastline spans 28 provinces and cities, supporting thousands of fishing villages and millions of families. About five million people work in the fisheries sector, directly or indirectly,...
Viet Nam
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقالة إخبارية
India: Unrecognized Tenure
The absence of tenure security threatens the traditional livelihoods of the fixed bag-net fishworkers in India’s eastern state of West Bengal.
Conflicts over use of natural resources are common in coastal areas globally. Fluid environmental frontiers, historical marginalization of fisher communities, and overlapping tenure systems coded in formal law or customary...
India
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
كتاب
Modelling the impacts of policy interventions for food systems transformation in Indonesia
Governance and policy support: Report
The Government of Indonesia and FAO have recognized the need for thorough analysis and modelling of Indonesia’s food systems to support food systems transformation efforts in the country. This is needed to provide a better understanding of the governance context in food systems, including the political economy dynamics influencing performance,...
Indonesia
2024 - FAO
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Raising pigs with no smell and less work
The bad smell of pig waste undermines the health of your animals and your own health and can create tensions with your neighbours. Washing the dung and urine into waterways also pollutes the environment. By using deep bedding sprayed with good microorganisms you can avoid all of this. You can...
Philippines
2024 - Access Agriculture
مقالة إخبارية
Bangladesh: A Perpetual Struggle
The shocks from climate change have reduced incomes and adversely affected the livelihoods of fisher communities in Bangladesh
Often called the Land of Rivers, Bangladesh boasts a remarkable riverine landscape that has nurtured a flourishing fisheries sector. With about 230 rivers crisscrossing it, the country is one of the world’s largest deltas along with the world’s largest flooded wetland. The fisheries industry is a vital pillarof the national...
Bangladesh
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقال صحفي
Exploring climate change impacts on rural livelihoods and adaptation strategies: Reflections from marginalized communities in India
Climate change and variability affect virtually everyone and every region of the world but the effects are nowhere more prominent than among rural marginalized communities that rely heavily on agriculture and fishing for a living and they face numerous livelihood challenges including risk posed by variability of climate. Using phenomenological...
India
2024
مقالة إخبارية
Sri Lanka: Fishing in a Fuzzy Era
The past 75 years in Sri Lanka have seen a shift in tenure rights in small-scale fisheries, heralding a new era.
Tenure rights have a strong influence on access, use, management and conservation of aquatic resources. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) defines tenure rights in fishing...
Sri Lanka
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Record-keeping for integrated farming
As the number of enterprises on a farm increases, it becomes harder to keep track of the cost of inputs and the revenues earned. Keep detailed records to see how your farm evolves over time. By comparing different farms of similar size with fellow farmers, you can decide if changing...
Philippines
2024 - Access Agriculture
مقالة إخبارية
Indonesia: A Top-Down Mirage
The Indonesian government’s increasing focus on the Blue Economy should not be at the cost of the knowledge gained from long years of customary or traditional management, says Susan Gui of the conservation NGO KIARA
On KIARA’s current work KIARA still does advocacy. The Indonesian government is focusing on the Blue Economy, with emphasis on massive expansion of production from marine resources, affecting the community. We have also been working on the climate crisis, especially as it relates to the sinking and drowning villages in...
Indonesia
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقالة إخبارية
Vietnam: Adapt and Reap Rewards
By promoting gender equality in shrimp farming, some provinces of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are finding innovations for adapting to climate change
Vietnam’s largest deltaic region, the Mekong Delta offers great potential for rice production and aquaculture. With an area of 747,000 hectares in 2022, it is the country’s largest shrimp-producing area. The shrimp-rice area covers nearly 190,000 hectares, accounting for 26.8 per cent of the total shrimp farming area in the...
Viet Nam
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقالة في مدونة إلكترونية
Welcome to Access Agriculture’s new site!
Brussels, Belgium — Access Agriculture is proud to announce the launch of its upgraded, new-look video platform (www.accessagriculture.org) with improved functionality and navigation that allows visitors a more engaging way to explore its incredible array of over 4,000 quality farmer-to-farmer training videos across 100 languages.
Belgium
2024 - Access Agriculture
مقالة إخبارية
Japan: Old Values, New Challenges
Associations of fisheries co-operatives have a great past in protecting and supporting Japan’s fishers and fishing communities. They are now preparing for the future
Every corner along Japan’s long coast has a fishing port. Where there are fishing ports, there are fishing communities working diverse small-scale and coastal fisheries daily. Its beautiful coastal landscape is Japan’s identity. It is no exaggeration to say that the Fisheries Co-operative Association (FCA) system has supported such an...
Japan
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقالة إخبارية
China: At a Loss
As small-scale fishers in China increasingly lose the sea areas that have supported their livelihood, it is necessary to protect fishery tenure rights.
The Blue Economy has contributed to the economic development in China in the past decades. This has also resulted in over-exploitation of marine resources and damage to the...
China
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
مقالة في مدونة إلكترونية
Bhutan explores controlled burning of mountainsides
Reviving the traditional practice could protect pastureland ecosystems in the Himalayas from destructive climate change-driven wildfires
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ildfires have raged across the mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalaya this year. The Indian state of Uttarakhand lost over 1,500 hectares of forest while Nepal saw hundreds of forest fires in March and over a thousand in April.
As frightening and destructive as these fires have been, for over 10,000 years, everywhere from the Central...
Bhutan
2024 - Dialogue Earth
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