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Coop boosts organic rice production
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – Kraing Leav Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang has an unfortunate farmer history under the French Colonial in 1925 during the uprising against Resident Badez due to the oppression of farmers for their inability to pay tax on paddy fields. To this day, residents of Kraing...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Practices
Vegetable cultivation with ridge sowing, farm yard manure, multi-cropping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
This technology describes the introduction of ridge sowing, Farm Yard Manure (FYM), and multi-cropping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for okra, sunflower, and sugarcane production in the Ghotki district in Pakistan. It provides also a cost-benefit analysis of this improved farming practice compared to the traditional practice. The main...
Pakistan
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Inde: l'agriculture bio à grande échelle
A la veille des résultats des élections législatives, nous verrons comment l'Inde est un laboratoire d'initiatives écologiques, notamment dans le domaine de l'agriculture. Même si le modèle dominant reste l'agro-chimie, de nombreux États misent sur la permaculture, l'agro-foresterie et l'agriculture biologique à grande échelle en réaction aux ravages sanitaires et...
India
2019
Article
For this chicken farmer, disability is not an obstacle to success
Takeo, Cambodia – With both hands handicapped, Than Ponlok, a resident of Trapeang Roung Village, Udom Soriya Commune, Tramkak District, Takeo Province, says, “I do farming to the extent possible with my disability, such as raising chickens. I can do everything except building the chicken pen so I hire others...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Report
Exploring inclusive palm oil production
ETFRN news 59
This ETFRN News edition brings together 24 articles and interviews from around the world that reflect on the following questions: How do such actions and their impacts differ between different smallholder types and organizations? How do they differ between countries, regions and corporate contexts? What are the effects of various...
Brazil - Cameroon - Colombia - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Honduras - Indonesia - Nigeria - Papua New Guinea - Peru - Sierra Leone - Solomon Islands - Uganda
2019 - Tropenbos International
Article
AgriCoop boosts native paddy seedlings production
Battambang, Cambodia – The Sangha Phal Agricultural Cooperative was established and registered officially at Battambang Agricultural Department in February 2004. The agricultural cooperative, located in Prey Sangha Village, Khnach Romeas Commune, Bavel District, Battambang, was established initially with 48 members of whom 15 were female with a total capital of...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Article
From a savings community to multiple enterprises
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – What started as a savings of a group of farmers in Kauk Banteay Village, Kauk Banteay Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang in 1998, the Chey Chum Neah Agricultural Cooperative was established in 2008 with 40 members and total capital of KHR 80,000 (Cambodian riels) or...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Video
The Village Forest Permit - Challenges and conditions for social forestry in Indonesia
In Indonesia, forest tenure has long been a source of conflict. About two thirds of the country's terrestrial area is classified as state-forest land, even though local people have been living there for many generations. When the government allocates these areas for production or conservation purposes, local people face the...
Indonesia
2019 - Tropenbos International
Blog article
[Sri Lanka] Farmers win campaign to set minimum price for potatoes
Welimada is a hilly area in the district of Badulla, Uva province, Sri Lanka. Growing upcountry tea and crops is the main livelihood of the 85% of the population in village. The people mainly cultivate potatoes, beans, cabbages, carrots, leeks, and beetroots. [...]
Sri Lanka
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association (AFA)
Practices
Comment récolter le miel, le pollen et la propolis des mélipones
Au-delà du miel, les produits de la ruche comme le pollen et la propolis des mélipones peuvent être récoltés facilement, représentant une possible source de revenu supplémentaire pour les agriculteurs. Cette fiche technique explique des procédures simples pour récolter le miel, le pollen et la propolis des mélipones (abeilles sans...
Philippines
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Book
Formalizing community rights to forests: Expectations, outcomes and conditions for success
Formalizing community rights to forests
In many parts of the world, forests that are managed and used by local communities and Indigenous Peoples are under increasing pressure from outside forces such as commercial plantation development, mining and logging. Also, preservationist approaches to nature conservation may threaten local people’s access to the...
2019 - Tropenbos International
Book
Country Gender Assessment of agriculture and the rural sector in Indonesia
Agriculture, as a vital sector of the Indonesian economy, provides income for the majority of Indonesian households today. Despite serving as the backbone of one of the nation’s most economically important sectors, women in agriculture are marginalized and often have little access to financial resources, knowledge and technology to improve...
Indonesia
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
10th China Community Supported Agriculture Conference
At a time when the CSA movement globally is working to gain greater recognition by policy makers, it comes a jaw-dropping and agreeable surprise to discover the extent to which CSA in China has gained legal status and is perceived as a genuine part of the way forward by all...
China
2019 - Urgenci
Blog article
FAO and the Republic of Korea to bolster Zero Hunger efforts in Asia-Pacific
The FAO Director-General lauded South Korea's remarkable progress in recent decades - in both nutritional and economic development - as well as its leading role in scientific and technological advancements, including in the use of innovative ICT solutions in agriculture.
Republic of Korea
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Conference paper
Workshop on Developing Action Plan for ASEAN Roadmap for Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Cooperative in the Global Value Chain
AFOSP-MTCP2 farmer organizations participate in the Workshop on Developing Action Plan for Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Cooperative in the Global Value Chain on 28 February 2019 at the Prince Palace Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
This workshop is co-organized by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association and La Via Campesina together with...
2019 - ASEAN
Video
The food system of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Ho Chi Minh City food system faces many challenges: the high use of chemicals for agriculture, the lack of means and knowledge for smallholder farmers to develop and transition towards more sustainable production systems, the vulnerability to climate change and the legacy of the war that contaminated most of...
Viet Nam
2019 - Let's Food Cities
Report
Crop Prospects and Food Situation - No.1 March 2019
FAO assesses that globally 41 countries, of which 31 are in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food. Conflict remains the main driver of high levels of severe food insecurity. Weather‑induced production declines and economic instability have also adversely impacted on food availability and access.
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal
Sustainable family farming agriculture in south Asia through partnerships
South Asia, comprised of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is home to about 1.8 billion people -- nearly 25% of the world’s population. But with an area of 5.2 million square kilometers, or some 1% of the world’s area, South Asia is the most densely...
2019 - Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Report
Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition – Asia and the Pacific
This is the second annual report developed collaboratively by United Nations agencies on progress in Asia and the Pacific towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 to eliminate hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Its findings are a cause for concern. The SDG hunger deadline is just over a decade away, and...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh
A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of...
Bangladesh
2019 - IFPRI
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