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Use of submergence rice variety NSIC Rc-194 to counteract impacts of flooding
The Philippines is particularly prone to natural disasters due to its geographical location and physical environment. The country experiences an average of 20 typhoons yearly, which trigger landslides, flash-floods, mudslides, widespread flooding, and cause destruction and damages to homes, community buildings, communications, infrastructure, and agriculture. Within the Philippines, Bicol is...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Community bamboo nursery
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Therefore, it is important to develop Bamboo nurseries. The nursery enhances the livelihoods of...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in the Philippines
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020
Book
Potentially Important Leafy Greens and Vegetables in the Philippines
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020
Practices
Bamboo treadle pump
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrate poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. The following technology describes how to use Bamboo as a material for treadle pump...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Book
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of the Philippines
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in the Philippines
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020
Blog article
Rural entrepreneurs use videos to become changemakers
Mori Gouroubera from Benin, Boazi Winston from Tanzania and Neeraj Kumar from India are budding entrepreneurs. Although they come from diverse cultural, social and educational backgrounds, they are closely bound by a common link.
All three of them are part of a network of passionate young entrepreneurs spanning Africa and Asia,...
Benin - India
2020 - Access Agriculture
Practices
Bamboo splitting and slivering unit
Bamboo splits and slivers are longitudinal sections of a bamboo pole (culm). They are the primary materials used for weaving a wide range of products. On a small scale, they may be used for handicraft items and objects for daily use. On a large scale, one of the most useful...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Young Farmers Dance Challenge
AFA through the Asia Pacific Farmers Program (APFP) invited the youth members of farmers organizations under the AFOSP-MTCP and APFP platform to join the Young Farmers Dance Challenge.
The dance contest aimed at attracting young people to join Farmers Organizations, build friendship and cooperation among young farmers, and finally, raising awareness...
2020 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Website
300 million Hindi speaking farmers to benefit from new video platform
In honour of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (17 June), Access Agriculture is proud to announce the launch of the Hindi version of its video platform www.accessagriculture.org/hi, which offers a rich resource of multilingual training videos on agroecological principles and rural entrepreneurship for the Global South.
Access Agriculture,...
India
2020 - Access Agriculture
Practices
Bamboo match sticks production
Wood is the major raw material for manufacturing matchsticks. However, the match industry has been dependent on only a few wood species for making match splints and these species are now in short supply. Therefore, bamboo, one of the faster growing plants, is a sustainable raw material source for manufacturing...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Journal article
Sri Lanka/SSF Guidelines: Action Stations
Sri Lanka’s National Fisheries Policy needs to be remodelled to incorporate the SSF Guidelines in order to attain the goal of securing sustainable small-scale fisheries. The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development (MFARD) of Sri Lanka recently prepared a White Paper on National Fisheries Policy in 2018, which was approved...
Sri Lanka
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Practices
Production of bamboo mat board
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan- INBAR priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Therefore, bamboo mat board, a plywood-like...
China - India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Empowering the Youth in the Philippines to Take Centre Stage in Organic Agriculture
Despite Jason’s father, Victoriano I. Tagupa, being involved in organic farming for 30 years at the time, he never imposed his beliefs on Jason, or influenced his career decisions. That is why he was supportive of Jason when he did not choose to work on the farm but instead in...
Philippines
2020 - Ifoam Organics International
Video
Increasing production of local chickens
Local chickens often produce few chicks because of various reasons. To improve both eggs and chick production, there are some simple measures you can take. By producing more local, healthy chickens, you can better feed your family and make some money.
Bangladesh
2020 - Access Agrirulture
Practices
Water management in organic agriculture
This practice describes how to manage water in organic agriculture. It provides in depth techniques on how to keep water in the soil ranging from keeping soil moisture to evaporation reduction and how to make better use of seasonal rainfall. Water management also encompasses how to harvest water through a...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Sustainable impact generation and technology promotion to manage Bemisia Tabaci and tomato leaf curl virus disease
In India, tomato is both a high value crop, often exported to the Middle East, and an important subsistence vegetable grown mainly by women. Tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV) and its whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), are two of the most serious constraints to tomato production in India. When populations...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Trying it yourself
Helping to write a script for a farmer training video on vermiwash triggered my interest in trying it out myself, as I began to wonder if ideas from tropical India could work in temperate Belgium.
India
2020 - Agroinsight
Practices
Mulching in organic agriculture
Mulching is the process of covering the topsoil with plant material such as leaves, grass, twigs, crop residues, straw etc. A mulch cover enhances the activity of soil organisms such as earthworms. They help to create a soil structure with plenty of smaller and larger pores through which rainwater can...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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