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Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) project
Financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Commission, with a budget of 12 million euros, and orchestrated by Group for Research and Technology Exchanges (GRET), with scientific coordination by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the far-reaching five-year project Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) will involve 27 partners in...
Cambodia - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Myanmar - Viet Nam
2020 - GRET, CIRAD, FAO
Practices
Improved cultivation technique for high yielding bamboo stands
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Bamboo culms provide excellent raw material for processing different kinds of paper and...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Revitalizing rice ratooning to reduce risk and impact during hazard-prone months
The Philippines, due to its geographical location and physical environment, is among the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Disasters include floods, typhoons, monsoon storms and drought. The country experiences an average of 20 typhoons yearly. Natural hazards severely affect people’s livelihoods as they trigger landslides, flash floods, mudslides, widespread flooding and...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Homestead bamboo plantations
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Therefore, a homestead bamboo plantation can provide income-generating opportunities for family members and...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rice and duck farming as a means for contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation
The rice duck farming system aims to facilitate environmental adaptation in the cultivation of rice, and to contribute to food and economic security in the region by reducing the use of pesticides, increasing yield and generating an additional income for farmers. Integrating ducks in rice farming have been proven to...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Community rattan nursery
A community rattan nursery is a cooperative venture between community members who all play a part in running it and all benefit from it. As a larger unit than would be feasible at the individual level, the unit has more leverage in accessing inputs and selling its outputs. Collective facilities...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
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
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