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Online certification system rolled out to simplify fish and seafood trade
All necessary licences and product inspection certificates for fish and seafood imports and exports will now be available online.
It is expected that the initiative will make the import-export process of fish and fishery products in Bangladesh even more convenient and increase their acceptability in the global market, according to service...
Bangladesh
2023 - The Business Standard
Blog article
Call For Indian Investments To Help Hard Pressed Sri Lankan Fishermen And Farmers – Analysis
A Singapore-based Sri Lankan Tamil entrepreneur has suggested a few small-scale agro-based projects with Indian private sector investment to help the hard-pressed fishermen and farmers of the North and East.
Taking into consideration the travails of the North Sri Lankan fishermen who have not been able to get their legitimate share...
India
2023
Practices
Effect of varying levels of golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck) meal on the growth performance of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos L.)
The rising interest in using alternative livestock feed sources is mostly driven by the rising cost of commercial feed and the desire for agricultural sustainability. This research was conducted to determine the growth performance of Mallard ducks fed with a commercial diet substituted with varying amounts of golden apple snail...
2023 - College of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Naawan, Misamis Oriental, 9023 Philippines
Working paper
National Strategy for Mangrove Ecosystem Management: A reference for the conservation and rehabilitation of coastal areas to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and Low Carbon Development
Sustainable Development Goals and Low Carbon Development are global- and national-scale development agendas Indonesia is currently applying. Mangrove ecosystems are included to achieve the targets within the same time frame, and a coordinated strategy and integrated planning are necessary.
The National Strategy for Mangrove Ecosystem Management clearly separates between conservation and...
Indonesia
2023 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Practices
Feed intake and growth performance of sheep (Ovis aries L.) fed with Napier (Pennisetum purpureum Sch.) silage added with varying levels of L. plantarum as inoculant
In the Philippines, climatic unpredictability has been one of the main factors causing fluctuations in forage production; as a result, an efficient feed preservation strategy must be used. This study assessed the effect of various levels of L. plantarum as Napier silage inoculant on sheep's feed intake and growth performance. Using a...
Philippines
2023 - College of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Naawan, Misamis Oriental, 9023 Philippines 1 Visayas State University, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines
Blog article
Sri Lanka’s fishermen face double whammy of climate and economy
Babarandage don Sarath Appuham, a 59-year-old fisherman, has worked at Negombo Lagoon since he was a teenager. Palpable differences in tide patterns and fish catches from climate change have complicated his work.
“We used to always go at 9am, then 1pm. It’s no longer that predictable,” Sarath told Al Jazeera.
They have...
Sri Lanka
2023
Report
Public Spending on Agroecology in Nepal and Cambodia – A Baseline Assessment
The agricultural sector, particularly in low-income countries, is facing multiple challenges including climate change, soaring food, fuel and fertilizer prices, biodiversity loss, and lack of adequate investment in agricultural development. With world hunger levels on the rise,1 an urgent move away from industrial agriculture and intensive farming practices is essential...
Cambodia - Nepal
2023 - ActionAid
Project
Terminal evaluation of the first cluster of FAO’s Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency projects
The Global Environment Facility’s Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) supports developing countries to build institutional and technical capacities to meet the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requirements. This final evaluation assessed the first cluster of the FAO CBIT projects – national projects in Cambodia, Mongolia and Papua New Guinea, and the...
Cambodia - Mongolia - Papua New Guinea
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Japan provides Kiribati with training to address illegal fishing boats
The Japan Coast Guard has provided its counterpart in the Pacific island country of Kiribati with technical support to crack down on illegal fishing boats. The move came following China's recent increased presence in the region.
Japan sent three officers for the support program from June 19 to 26 in the...
Japan
2023
Photo gallery
Photo Story: The Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility in Fiji
The Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) is a COVID-19 recovery programme that emphasizes food self-reliance, improved nutrition and the development of sustainable, equitable agricultural livelihood opportunities for rural communities in Fiji and five other Pacific Island countries.
PIRAS is helping farmers get back on their feet and increase their income...
Fiji
2023 - International Fund for Agricultural Development
Journal article
Harnessing the socio-ecological benefits of agroforestry diversification in social forestry with functional and phylogenetic tools
Following severe forest loss in recent decades, Southeast Asian countries are increasingly employing social forestry as a means to ensure the sustainable development of their forest-dwelling communities. Given the potential of agroforestry to provide multiple ecosystem services, habitat for the maintenance of biodiversity, and the economic and social development of...
Indonesia
2023 - Environmental Development
Blog article
Micro-chefs
In this era when many societies have embraced fast food and convenient, ready-made meals, it was refreshing to watch a documentary on the Korean Air flight back home recently, showing how citizens, chefs and scientists across the globe are increasingly waking up to the importance of nurturing and promoting local...
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2023 - Access Agriculture
Report
Report of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity-Building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central America on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures in the Marine Fishery Sector
The Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity-Building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central America on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Marine Fishery Sector was co-organized by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The workshop was held...
2023 - FAO; SCBD;
Blog article
Agroecology Education – The pedagogy and practice
‘Going to the field is compulsory for our students’ – told a professor, ‘…even I go to field regularly. As you see, the knowledge of the farmers is quite poor, particularly about the latest technologies.’ ‘We go to collect data to understand farmer’s problem’ – chirped a student from behind.
Our...
India
2023 - LEISA INDIA
Video
How I Build Soil in My Garden
In this video, How I Build Soil in My Garden, Nasira Habib explains how nature works to provide nutrients to plants. She also shares her experience of hot and cold composting. Additionally, she tells about the compost water extract.
Pakistan
2023 - Khoj – Society for People's Education
Article
Rice Diversity in Asian Bowls
One of the most important staple foods, rice, is agronomically- and nutritionally-sound and provides the calories needed by around half the world’s population. There is an urgent need to take all necessary actions to produce rice in a sustainable manner in order to fulfil the future demand for food that...
India
2023 - Thanal AgroEcology Centre
Report
Biodiversity in Soil
Soil is our lifeline. It sustains life with a variety of foods, holds and filters water to provide us with clean and safe potable water and maintains ecological balance by storing carbon. But there is so much to understand about soil and how it works. Agroecology is a holistic approach...
Pakistan
2023 - Khoj – Society for People’s Education
Policy brief/paper
Agrobiodiversity — the way to save earth’s skin
Humans depend on a thin planetary ‘skin’ made up of life in all its diversity: biodiversity. Agriculture now covers the largest portion (46%) of the global land surface area; its ecological health and resilience in the face of changing climate is therefore critical to human survival. The biodiversity found within...
Ecuador - Ghana - Madagascar - Nepal - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Newsletter
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest (April 2023)
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more.
2023 - Family Farming Knowledge Platform FFKP
Blog article
Exploring agroecological farming in Karnali, western Nepal
We met Dal Bahadur Kandel, a farmer in Sundwari village, during an ICIMOD/GRAPE team visit to Karnali Province, western Nepal, in November 2022. Kandel gave us a tour of his traditional farm, a 2,500-m2 property around his home. He showed us the different crops he was cultivating – gourds, melons, cauliflower,...
Nepal
2023 - nternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
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